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Community Service Requirements for Academic Year 2008-2009

1. A minimum of 10 hours of Community Service per year is mandatory for all students at Notre Dame Preparatory school.
2. There is no promotion to the next grade level or graduation from Notre Dame Preparatory if community service has not been completed and recorded with the Campus Ministry Office.
 
3. The required 10 hours may be fulfilled through a variety of different places, performing a number of different service works or projects, or one service project for one organization/agency.
4. Community Service is undertaken to help people within the community (non-profit) or to help people who are either less fortunate or in great need. A few important notes – Notre Dame does not accept the following as community service projects:
  • Baby-sitting, child care, etc. for private individuals.
  • Yard work,moving services,any service to family (including grandparents), relatives, neighbors or friends.
  • Any service to a privately owned business or a for profit corporation.
  • Working for a private club, working for profit, setting up classrooms for former teachers or parents, etc.
  • Political work
5. Acceptable community service includes, but is not limited to:
  • Any work through churches of any faith or denomination
  • Any work through local libraries, nursing homes, etc.
  • Any work that is community based not-for-profit activities (Paint the Town, Habitat for Humanity, Michigan Humane Society, community summer camps, recreation programs, community theatre, etc.)
  • Work performed for Notre Dame Preparatory (Open House, Corn Roast, Taste of the Town, Mother’s Brunch, athletic assistance, etc.)
  • Hospital work, tutoring programs, local schools, etc.
  • Any work through legitimate charitable organizations. (St. Vincent de Paul, Salvation Army, Cancer, Heart foundations, food banks, soup kitchens, etc.)
 

If you have a question regarding a project, please check with the Campus Ministry office (248.373.5300) before you begin so your time is not wasted. Please be advised that:

 
 
  • Parents/guardians and/or relatives are not to be a supervisor for their own student.
  • Supervisors must be adults (18 years or older)
  • Each student has the responsibility to arrange his or her own service experience. Periodically, service projects will be announced during the school year when the opportunity is presented to the Campus Ministry Office.
  • A Contract Form and Supervisor Form must be filled out for each service performed.

Service projects for the academic year 2008-09 are to be done between May 1 2008 through April 30, 2009. The signed supervisor form and the Contract form (filled out and submitted on line) must be turned into the Campus Ministry Office within seven (7) days after completion of the service. Be sure to fill out and submit the Contract form on line before turning in the Supervisors form. All summer projects (May-August) are due in the Campus Ministry Office by September 15. All community service must be completed and paperwork turned in to the Campus Ministry Office by:

 
 
  • Senior deadline for completed community service : February 1, 2009
  • Junior deadline for completed community service: March 1, 2009
  • Sophomore deadline for completed community service: April 2, 2009
  • Freshman deadline for completed community service: April 30, 2009