LET’S DO COMMUNITY SERVICE!
BY PATRICK NAM
These days many students are engaged in community as school uniforms for students who do not have much
service. Some students participate in community money.
service as voluntary work and other students simply
engage in this activity to fill time that is required by “Community service helps students to learn how to
their school. There are many types of community cooperate with others and how to improve oneself”
service activities for students to participate in.
said Ryo Tokuda, a senior student at SLAS. He also
added, “I usually take community service to fill out
“I participated in community service at my school, time that is required at my school.”
such as helping to decorate the haunted house during
Halloween,” said Josh Tseng, an eleventh grade Another common type of community service is
student at Shanghai Livingston American School community service trips. Many schools usually plan
(SLAS). He also added, “I will regularly do community for trips for many students to participate in by
service even when I go to university because I want volunteering. In some cases, students may go to a
to help people.”
primary school in the countryside to teach English or
Math to children. Also, many schools sometimes take
Among many community service choices, bake sales their students to nursing home for elder people.
are a common and easy ways for students to Students help to clean the place and to keep the elder
participate. Bake sale is one way to raise funds by people accompanied. By promoting these trips, it
selling breads and cookies to people. Some may think allows students to learn how to care and cooperate
that bake sales are not community services because with others.
they think that people are only raising money for their
own benefits. However, bake sales are one of the In a nut shell, there are many different types of
community service options that have wide ranges. community service projects available these days.
For example, when students raise money from bake However, no matter which activities you choose, you
sales, they can use their funds to help people who can develop your skills of caring and cooperation.
need help such as orphaned children. Also, fund raised Thus, engaging in community service is highly
by bake sales can be used to buy school goods such recommended and productive.
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