Writing prompt & community service at college forward.

1. WELCOME TO COLLEGE
FORWARD!!!
Aneasha Lawrence

2. AGENDA FOR THE DAY
 Announcements
 Critical Thinking
 Community Service

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
 College Forward Class Website:
http://cofojrmustangs.weebly.com
 Sign up for 1x1
 Next class, we will be in room B128 for the
Beginning of Year survey
 Homecoming this Friday!
 Anything else?

4. WRITING PROMPT
Spend 10 minutes writing
 What do the terms “community service” or
“volunteerism” mean to you?
 Should students be expected to volunteer or be
involved in their community? What are the pros and
cons.
 If you have volunteered, what has been your most
meaningful experience?

5. COMMUNITY SERVICE
 Places I’ve served

6. COMMUNITY SERVICE AT COFO

7. EXPECTATIONS
 At College Forward, we ask that you complete 20
hours of community service during your junior and
senior years
 Why is volunteering so important?

8. WE VOLUNTEER BECAUSE…
 we want to give back to our community
 we want to impress admissions counselors
 we want to have fun while serving
 we want to hang out with other cofos and coaches
 we want to develop skills that will help us in our future jobs
 we want to be eligible for the end of the year road trip!

9. How do we define service?
community service is a service that a person voluntarily performs for
the benefit of his or her local community, without compensation
service learning is a process that connects meaningful service
activities with learning, personal and professional growth, and civic
responsibility.

10. WHERE DO YOU SERVE?
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SERVE?

11. UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
 Hopefest Family Festival
 http://www.hopefestaustin.org/Home.html
 Make a Difference Day- Saturday, October 27th
 9:30am – 3pm (5 ½ hours)
 At Reagan High School
 Provides services for families, we would help with
various activities at the festival
 Volunteermatch.org

12. NEXT CLASS
 We will be in B128 for Beginning of Year Survey
and College Research
 If you have scheduled a 1x1 meeting with me,
please come tomorrow to the College & Career
Center