Community Service Hours

To Graduate with an OSSD, students must obtain 30 credits, a literacy component and...

• 50 Community Service hours

• join two sports teams

• 40 Community Service hours

• take one Cooperative Education Course

The software program used to track community service hours is called...

• D2L

• Bright Space

• Hour Republic

• Careert Cruising

What information is required to enter in Hour Republic for verification?

• name of a friend, name of the school and your teachers name

• supervisor phone number, your name and type of car

• supervisors name, email, phone number and the organization name

• supervisors location, employee number and OHIP number

Which one of the following answers is NOT eligible for community service hours

• tutoring a student in Elementary school

• coaching a summer youth soccer team

• being a reading buddy for a student in Elementary school

• cutting your neighbours lawn with a lawn mower

Which one of the following answers is not eligible for community service hours

• painting at your church safely using a ladder or scaffle

• organising an event at your church to raise money

• collecting money at your church at a bake sale

• watching younger children at your church summer program

Is it okay to accept a gift for community service hours to be eligible?

• Never

• Yes only if gift is not money

• Yes if the gift is a gift card or food

• Yes if the gift is food or clothing

Which one of the following answers is eligible for community service hours

• collecting garbage in the parking lot at Tim Hortons

• baby sitting your younger brother

• time keeping at a school basketball game after school

• taking the day off school to help out at the hospital

Which one of the following answers is eligible for community service hours

• Helping at Walmart as long as you do not take any money

• Helping at Goodwill as long as you do not take any money

• Helping at your grandmothers house as long as your not paid

• Helping at McDonald's as long as you do not take any money

Which one of the following answers is not eligible for community service hours

• reading to a senior at an old age home

• using an electric trimmer to trim bushes at a senior home

• playing chess to a senior at an old age home

• serving food to a senior at an old age home

If you are unsure if an activity will count for Community Service Hours, you can...

• email the supervisor of the activity

• email paul.luciani@dsbn or go to Guidance and ask

• research the answer on google

• email your friend