Myths and Facts about Community Service

Myth:

Only people who have broken the law in some way do community service.

Fact:

Yes, those who do brake the law are given community service to make up for that which they have done wrong, but not all community service is "given" or "forced" upon people. Some people in the world enjoy doing community service for fun and to help those in need.

Myth:

Community Service is being forced to do work that a person would not want to do otherwise.

Fact:

No one forces anyone to do what they don't want to, you do community service projects that you enjoy to and because you like to see the effects which are almost always positive ones.

Myth:

I can never have fun doing community service activities, doing things that I don't get paid for.

Fact:

There are lots of projects that can be fun and benefit you as a person in a different way other than money. (Continue to follow for my detailed accounts of community service that is fun.)

Myth:

Community Service helps me in no way

Fact:

Community Service is a great way to build a network for yourself, gaining contacts that may help you later in life or even just friends that you can have lunch with on a Friday here and there.

Myth:

Say you have to do a certain amount of hours for either school or a club: Who keeps track of my hours, I could just lie on my sheet.

Fact:

This is a very false statement or thought. Those who are required to have a certain amount of hours of community service always have someone besides themselves that is paying attention and recording the hours that they put in.