MHS Football
Community Service Guidelines
Through community service, athletes can learn new skills, assume responsibilities, become aware of the needs of others, and learn the importance of serving and giving. Community service links athletes to the wider community and exposes them to people and situations outside of their previous experiences.
Each athlete is asked (not mandatory) to perform a minimum of 10 hours of community service per year. The yearly cycle begins the first day after school is dismissed for the summer and ends the last day of the school year.
Community service opportunities will occasionally be provided by the Community Service Committee of the Mandeville High Football Booster Club. Athletes are also encouraged to seek opportunities in our community through local churches, special needs programs, hospitals, etc.
To earn credit for community service:
The service must meet the guidelines as specified and must be performed without compensation to the athlete.
The service must be verifiable from information provided on the community service form. Parents, guardians or relatives may NOT sign as the supervisor unless they are a part of the organization that is being serviced, or if they are an assigned supervisor appointed by the Community Service Committee. Community service forms can be downloaded from the www.mandevillefootball.com website, or obtained from staff at the field house. A certificate from the organization will suffice only if it contains the information that the MHS form provides.
The completed community service form must be turned into the ‘Community Service’ box in the field house as soon as possible. The forms will then be placed in the student’s service file by the Community Service Coordinator.
The service hours must NOT be associated with religious ceremonies, political campaigning or work benefiting political causes or organizations. Fundraising events such as walks, runs, etc. do not qualify unless it can be proved that the athlete raised money for the cause. The hours must be separate from a service activity in which the student is already receiving school credit. All government, charitable and non-religious IRS ruled non-profit organizations automatically qualify, or if the service benefits at least one person other than the athlete or the athlete’s relative and is generally of benefit to the "community".
Examples of what IS community service:
Volunteering with a non-profit community service organization
Community service club activities (not meetings)
Assisting at Boys or Girls Club
Helping at a hospital, convalescent home, or orphanage
Peer tutoring after school hours or on weekends
Weekend campus clean-up and beautification activities (seat time and detention do not qualify)
Church sponsored service activities
Special Olympics
Working with any non-profit for the greater good of the community or an individual
Volunteering to work the polling area for local elections
Examples of what is NOT community service:
Babysitting
Family related activities
Court mandated community service
Anytime the athlete is receives any type of compensation
Related to a class, credit for a class, or the making of profit, defraying costs of trips, etc
Work done by student aides, such as office, teacher, or library aides
Service performed for a profit making organization
Campaigning for a political cause or a political candidate
Working for an individual teacher (or teachers) such as grading papers
Service for the sole benefit of a religious house of worship and/or its congregation
