NHS+Service


 * =SERVICE =


 * = ==Month:== ||= ==Deadline for sheet submission== ||
 * Any / all hours served over summer || * Sheet = Monday, October 1st @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in October || * Sheet = Thursday, November 1st @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in November || * Sheet = Monday, December 3rd @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in December || * Sheet = Thursday, January 3rd @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in January || * Sheet = Friday, February 1st @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in February || * Sheet = Friday, March 1st @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in March || * Sheet = Monday, April 8th @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in April || * Sheet = Wednesday, May 1st @ 2:45 pm ||
 * Any / all hours served in May || * Sheet = Monday, June 3rd @ 2:45 pm ||

Yearly Hour Requirements: 40 total hours

16 Hours of summer service Of the remaining 24 hours, you must have a minimum of 8 NHS hours for the yea r.


 * ALL** NHS hours come through the opportunities page via your student GMail account.

__Suggested monthly guidelines:__ 3 NHS hours & 0 community service __**OR**__ 2 NHS hours & 1 community service __**OR**__ 1 NHS hour & 2 community service hours.

Remember the monthly guidelines above are suggested. Between the beginning of September to the end of May, you may accumulate your remaining 24 service hours according to your schedule. So, if you know you will be busy with a spring sport, try to get most of your service hours completed before the spring.

There are two types of service: NHS hours and community service hours.
NHS hours are hours spent in service to the school district or helping those requesting assistance through our main wiki page. We strongly encourage candidates/members to select opportunities that will be avenues for personal growth. NHS is all about experiencing new things!

__Note:__ All approved athletics related service requests will be posted on the Opportunities page, so please check the page on a regular basis. Parents or family members who submit service requests to the NHS account with the intent of creating a service opportunity for only their child/relative is unacceptable.

Community Service hours are hours selected on your own __from the list below__. We are always looking to grow the community service list! If you know of other service opportunities not listed below, you need to have them approved by the advisers before the service is performed.

Please note: You are not to work for a relative or receive compensation of any kind. If you are contemplating an opportunity sponsored by a religious organization, please check with the advisers to make sure the service extends into the community at large. Sorry, **t** ** here are no athletic related events or co-curricular/hobby activities that qualify as community service. **

__ Approved community service opportunities include: __
 * Volunteering at an animal shelter or rescue adoption event (like Pet Supplies Plus in Ortonville K-9 Rescue League or MARL)
 * O.A.T.S. in Ortonville
 * O.C.E.F. food pantry in Ortonville (For volunteering information please call Gwen at 248-627-3965 ext. 103)
 * Amazing Wings in Goodrich
 * Salvation Army volunteer (Record ONLY the hours you worked, regardless of what the sponsor writes down.)
 * Adult foster care / group home volunteer (Contact Kim Bishop at 248-343-5507, or kbmindset@charter.net)
 * Participating in any scheduled DNR workday at Bald Mountain or other listed location (waiver found here)
 * Promise Village
 * Individually arranged private academic tutoring (math, science, etc.) for which no compensation is given
 * Rocking and Raking
 * Desert Angels
 * Rochester Area Neighborhood House Clothes closet, food pantry
 * Lighthouse of Oakland County ( Lizabeth Wiggins at lwiggins@LighthouseOakland.org or 248-972-1480)
 * Working with disabled senior citizens:
 * Nursing home volunteer
 * Retirement home volunteer
 * Planting flowers at a nursing home
 * Organizing transportation
 * Delivering groceries
 * Yard work (Snow shoveling, raking leaves, mowing lawns, planting flowers, pulling weeds, etc.)
 * Translator for ESL, brail, etc.
 * Red Cross / Donating blood on your own time
 * Forgotten Harvest (Farm is in northern Livingston county, other various areas are available)
 * Seasonal charity work wrapping presents
 * Volunteer for Special Olympics
 * Mission trips (counting only the hours spent directly helping others in need)
 * Girl Scout / Eagle Scout projects that benefit the community at large
 * Habitat for Humanity volunteer
 * Volunteering at a soup kitchen
 * Hospital volunteer
 * Shelter or hotline volunteers/counselors

__**Service Issues and consequences:**__

issues with the member will result in a FC hearing. || to 3.5, the member will be removed from NHS. || then fails to show up || Faculty Council hearing || (Induction of new members, and NHS sponsored service activity.) || Faculty Council hearing ||
 * **Issue:** || **Consequence:** ||
 * Performing service not approved by NHS || Permanent rejection of service hour(s) ||
 * Turning sheet in after the designated due date (typically the 1st of the month) || Permanent rejection of service hour(s) ||
 * Contact information (email or phone #) is missing from sheet || Permanent rejection of service hour(s) ||
 * Hours worked information is missing from sheet || Permanent rejection of service hour(s) ||
 * Hours worked data has been adjusted up (crossed out, blacked out) in sponsor signature area || Permanent rejection of service hour(s) ||
 * Deceptive service description || Permanent rejection of service hour(s) and probation letter ||
 * Creation of fake service hours or forgery of sponsor signature || Faculty Council hearing ||
 * Tampering with the NHS opportunities page || Placed on probation for one year. Any additional
 * Member violates the school rules/handbook (a.k.a. detentions) || Faculty Council hearing ||
 * GPA drops below 3.5 || On probation for that term. If GPA does not rise back
 * Member commits to service on the opportunities page
 * Member does not attend the two mandatory annual events
 * Member caught cheating || Faculty Council hearing ||

__**Note:**__ A "sponsor" is an adult aged 21 or older that is **WITH THE MEMBER** when service is performed. A member is to check in with this adult when they arrive, both parties noting the time. After the service is performed, the member and the sponsor will confer and agree upon the length of time it took to perform the service. The member will then present the sponsor with an NHS service sheet. The member will fill out the member section, and the sponsor will fill out the sponsor section. Members are forbidden from writing in the sponsor section.