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Looking for places to volunteer as a teen? Getting service hours for school can be a fun and meaningful way to give back to your community—especially if you find a cause you care about. To help you connect with local and national organizations, we’ve put together a list of 16 easy volunteer ideas for high schoolers. Whether you’re looking to get 2 service hours or 200, we’ve got a whole list of impactful ways you can get involved.
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- Remember that one person can absolutely make a difference!Thanks
- If you need the service hours for school, make sure you bring your school’s form and get whoever’s coordinating the volunteers to sign off on your hours.Thanks
- If you need to create your own form for documentation, type up a page that says your name, the date, and the organization name. Leave blank spaces for the hours completed and a supervisor’s signature. You’ll have the supervisor sign and fill in the hours.Thanks
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- ↑ https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/volunteering-and-its-surprising-benefits.htm
- ↑ https://www.redcross.org/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities.html
- ↑ https://www.ymca.org/blog/articles/24-volunteer-ideas-for-teens
- ↑ https://www.animalhumanesociety.org/volunteer
- ↑ https://www.kpnwvolunteer.org/clinic-teen-volunteer-requirements
- ↑ https://createthegood.aarp.org/volunteer-ideas/senior-guide.html
- ↑ https://www.ila.org/publications/ila-reporter/article/138/you-know-you-want-volunteers-successful-strategies-to-achieve-effective-voluntee
- ↑ https://www.ymca.org/blog/articles/24-volunteer-ideas-for-teens
- ↑ https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004365.pdf
- ↑ https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/social-and-academic-benefits-team-sports
- ↑ https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/v-volunteer-community-service-projects-kids1712.html
- ↑ https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/v-volunteer-community-service-projects-kids1712.html
- ↑ https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/v-volunteer-community-service-projects-kids1712.html
- ↑ https://lcl.okstate.edu/volunteer/what-counts-service-hours.html
- ↑ https://lcl.okstate.edu/volunteer/what-counts-service-hours.html
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