Information About Community Involvement Hours

 

Every student is required to complete 40 hours of community involvement in order to receive a diploma. Students can start accumulating community involvement hours in the summer before they enter Grade 9. Some students may wish to complete more than 40 hours. If you go above and beyond in your volunteer work during high school, you can earn a Minister's Certificate of Recognition for Community Involvement when you graduate. This new certificate celebrates your dedication to helping others and for completing more than 50 volunteer hours during high school. There are three levels of recognition:

Bronze   50-99 hours

Silver     100-199 hours

Gold       200+ hours

Community involvement sheets can be printed off from the following link: Community Involvement Form or picked up from the CCI Guidance office. Please hand in your completed Community Involvement Hours form to the Guidance office. Contact Guidance for more information about eligible activities and the process of recording your community involvement hours.

 

Want to know what activities are eligible?  Click on this link.

 

Want to get started? Click on this link for access to a variety of volunteer activities. Review the list below for other flexible ways to earn your community involvement hours.

 

Providing tutoring and mentorship supports through:

  • Tutoring to help students with reading, communication and/or other skills
  • Teaching music or dance lessons
  • Hosting art classes for younger students
  • Assisting siblings and/or younger students with schoolwork

Connecting with and supporting seniors by:

  • Conversing with seniors virtually or in-person,
  • Joining or creating a letter-writing campaign to seniors
  • Delivering groceries to elderly neighbours

Supports for families, neighbourhoods and community initiatives:

  • Supporting a family by walking a younger child to and from school
  • Participating in donation pick-ups for not-for-profit organizations
  • Coordinating a donation event with a local organization such as a shelter
  • Facilitating discussions with newcomer youth or families to help them learn about their new community
  • Shoveling snow and/or performing yard work for a family or neighbour's family
  • Taking part in neighbourhood litter-pick-up hour
  

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