{"id":66,"date":"2017-09-27T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2017-11-06T17:22:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:22:21","slug":"volunteer-hours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/student-services\/volunteer-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span ms-rteFontFace-1\"><strong>Why Volunteer?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nOf course all students aiming for an OSSD are required to complete 40 hours of community service but there are several reasons to go above and beyond:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1\">gain experience and develop new skills<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1\">enhance your profile for scholarships and bursaries<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1\">meet new people<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1\">explore career possibilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1\">help worthwhile community groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5\"><strong><span class=\"ms-rteStyle-Normal\">When Can I Volunteer?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5\" \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5\">All volunteer hours must be completed after school hours or on weekends or vacation. You may not earn volunteer hours during class time<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">What q\u200bualifi\u200bes?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\">\u00a0Many different activities will qualify. If in doubt, check with Student Services or your principal:<\/div>\n<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5\">\n<ul>\n<li>fundraising for a registered charity or non-profit group<\/li>\n<li>assisting in a political campaign<\/li>\n<li>assisting an elderly neighbour with household chores such as snow shovelling<\/li>\n<li>coaching or tutoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ms-rteFontSize-2 ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><strong>What doesn&#8217;t?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ms-rteStyle-Normal\">\u200b\u200b\u200bjob shadowing or co-op<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\">anything that is normally done by paid employees<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\">dangerous work such as mining or logging activities<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ms-rteFontFace-1 ms-rteStyle-Normal\">chores or family duties\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Volunteer? Of course all students aiming for an OSSD are required to complete 40 hours of community service but there are several reasons to go above and beyond: gain experience and develop new skills enhance your profile for scholarships and bursaries meet new people explore career possibilities help worthwhile community groups When Can I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":64,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"sidebar-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-66","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/598"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/chippewa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}