Get Involved — Volunteer!
When adults volunteer, all students benefit! There are many opportunities for parents and community members to get involved! Your help, no matter how large or small, is needed!
For now, we are looking for volunteers to help with the 2020-2021 Academic Year :
(Parent and Guardian opportunities)
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Click HERE for OHE Community Service Information
Ready to log your volunteer hours?
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STUDENT VOLUNTEERING INFORMATION:
Our Mission
OHE students will grow personally through service to others in their communities.
OHE students will grow personally through service to others in their communities.
Presidential Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA)What is a National School of Service?National School of Service is one where at least 5% of students provide and log 25 hours or more of service to their community. For OHE, this means about 20 students. The only requirement is that the volunteer is not paid for the service, so the sky is the limit!Why should I volunteer?All Oak Hill students have the ability to track community service hours this year to qualify for the Blue Valley Service Awards. Students between the ages of 5-10 who perform at least 26 hours of community service will receive a certificate. Students between the ages of 11-15 who perform at least 50 hours of community service will qualify for a certificate and a pin. If enough students from OHE receive this recognition, then OHE will be recognized as a Blue Valley School of Service.How do I log my hours?There is a community service log in the back of each OHE planner, or students can keep a digital log throughout the year. Students need to turn in completed logs to Nurse Ali. If students have questions, please have them stop by and see Nurse Alli, our community service sponsor or email her at awiles@bluevalleyk12.org. See the sample log of service hours under documents. We encourage all students to log the community service that they do!
Blue Valley Schools has revised the volunteer service guidelines and reporting mechanism to align with the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA) program. Blue Valley's guidelines for volunteer service will match guidelines promoted by the PVSA.
- Awards will be issued for volunteer service only.
- Students cannot receive payment of any kind for their volunteer service.
- Awards will be issued for volunteer service hours served within a 12-month period and over the course of a lifetime. Blue Valley's volunteer service period runs April 1-March 31.
- Bronze: 26-49 hours
- Silver: 50-74 hours
- Gold: 75+ hours
- Lifetime: 4,000+ hours
Service hours for this year’s award can be counted from May 1, 2021 through April 1, 2022. To find out more about the Blue Valley Volunteer Service Award, please visit their website at https://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/
Service Opportunities
Neighborhood opportunities
- Organize a fundraising tournament
- Organize a canned food drive
- Make cards for patients at Children's Hospital, Senior Citizen Centers, or Meals on Wheels programs
- Pick up trash in a public area - Oak Hill, parks, creeks, etc.
Area organizations
- KindCraft - sign up for various area community service projects
- Operation Breakthrough - provides program and daycare for infants through age 18, average income for families is $9,400 -contact for availability
- Ronald McDonald House - provides home away from home while children are receiving medical care in the Kansas City area-prepare meals, bake cookies, garden
- Wayside Waifs - animal shelter - clean kennels, pick up and distribute blankets and toys, feed and water animals, take animals out for potty breaks
- Salvation Army - help with holiday dinners
- Harvesters - sort food, assist with special event
