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It is better to give than to receive.
Ask not what your country can do for you.
Ask what YOU can do for your country.
Volunteer Community Service Requirement
Community
Service and volunteerism are concepts are an integral part
of American way of life. Most of us find that volunteer service
is richly rewarding on a personal level as well. Volunteerism
can provide the deep satisfaction of helping someone less
fortunate than ourselves. It also provides opportunities to
make friends, have fun, and contribute to bettering our neighborhood,
town or society. As we all know, America’s most important
volunteers are…our host families!
The
newly independent countries of Eurasia often do not have a
tradition or structure of Community Service woven into the
fabric of their society. Therefore the FLEX Program requires
that each FLEX student create and implement a Community Service
Project. It is our hope that each FLEX student will take the
spirit of Community Service home, to their own town and country,
where they can inspire others to join them in shaping a bright
future for their home countries.
Click here for
some great volunteer service organizations!
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FLEX
Cluster Leader Responsibilities
FLEX
Cluster Leaders are required to closely supervise Community
Service Projects and make sure that each student completes
the following requirements.
FLEX
students will:
- Determine
an area of interest
- Plan
a Community Service Project (using local resources and agencies)
- Arrange
an Agency representative to mentor and supervise the project
- Complete
a minimum of five volunteer hours per month of Community
Service
- Track
Community Service Hours on form, signed by Agency supervisor
- Plan
and deliver a ten-minute presentation on the Community Service
Project at school
- Plan
and deliver a ten-minute presentation on the Community Service
Project at Re-Entry Orientation
- Complete
the Community Service Project Evaluation Form (due March
15)
- Send
regular email and photos of your Community Service Project
to Aspect for our newsletter and website
Note:
It is the FLEX Cluster Leader’s responsibility (not the
host family’s) to help students complete their Community
Service Project requirement. This includes providing students
with community resources and ideas for volunteer service;
helping students develop a service project; tracking students’
volunteer service hours; making sure all students complete
presentations and submit required forms.
Please
send us PHOTOS of your FLEX students helping in the community!
Community
Media Involvement
When
students from the former Soviet Union are doing volunteer
Community Service in your hometown, that’s NEWS! Your
local newspaper, TV and radio stations may jump at the chance
to cover such a heart-warming human-interest story. Develop
contacts at local media sources, and keep them informed of
your students’ progress. Make sure they know this is
an on-going program--if they cannot cover it this month, stay
tuned for next month’s activities! Hint: sending them
great photos is a sure-fire way to get their attention!
Aspect
Foundation’s Community Service Competition
Aspect
Foundation offers recognition and special prizes to FLEX students
for–
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- Most
community service hours
- Best
newsletter essay(s) on Community Service Project (must
be TYPED)
- Best
Community Service Project Photos sent to Aspect
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Students
who complete more than 100 hours of community service will
become eligible to receive the prestigious President’s
Student Service Award Certificate. This certificate,
signed by the President of the United States, recognizes students
for outstanding community service.
Students must keep a record of volunteer activities and hours
served. This Record of Service may be kept using Aspect Foundation’s
Monthly
Community Service Project Hours Tracking Form or tracked
online using the USA
Freedom Corp Record of Service.
Students must submit their records to Aspect Foundation. As
a certifying organization, we will review and verify your
records and order and distribute your award.
Community Service Projects and Alumni
Activities
At
each monthly meeting, please encourage your students to reflect
upon the following two questions--
- What
are you learning/gaining from your Community Service Project?
How
do you plan to use this knowledge/understanding when you return
home?
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