Heartland Helping Hands

Program Duration: Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2019

Goal: Encourage and support the giveback efforts for PCMA Heartland Chapter Members and further grow the impact of the chapter in the community.

Community Service: Service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community.  

Opportunities that Earn Credit:

• Direct community service activities (i.e. tutoring, building homes, visiting elderly)
• Indirect service activities (i.e. fundraisers, community organizing, Relay for Life)
• Community Organizing (i.e. voter registration drives, community gardens)
• Coordination of fundraising activities for nonprofit organizations and services performed for day care centers, retirement homes, animal hospitals, or nature parks
• Community-Engaged Learning Course 
• Religious education (i.e. teaching Sunday school or Hebrew School) or volunteering at your place of worship. 
• Projects sponsored by student clubs/organizations that provide a service to the local community
• Self-initiated volunteer work 
• Meeting hours (only if the meeting was spent planning a community service activity)
• Rehearsal, practice, and participation in performances (dance, theater, and music) if the production is created specifically to address identified community service needs as defined above and if the student and/or organization does not receive substantial financial benefit from the production
• Hours spent coaching youth sports
• Involvement in the service projects of for-profit businesses that address a community service or need

Hours that do not count:

• Hours as chair or committee work or attendance at club meetings, church, etc. 
• Time spent training for an event (5K, Marathon, etc)
• Blood donation or other medical needs
• Assisting member of immediate family
• Internship hours 

• • Activities for paid wages or a stipend
  • Observation or practicum hours that are part of a degree requirements and do not include direct community service
  • Meeting or class hours, unless the time was spent planning or completing a community service activity
  • Political campaigning in support of a particular candidate or political party
  • Advocacy, religious, and political activities that are hateful, overtly disrespectful, or discriminatory in nature
  • Participation in self-improvement workshops, clinics, conferences, or conventions

• If you receive financial compensation, it is not service

I was activie in the community– now what?
1 Hour = 1 Credit
New Member Bonus = 5 Credit

Top Prizes: 

1st Place – $200 Gift Card (Southwest)

2nd Place – $100 Gift Card (Amazon)

3rd Place – $50 Gift Card (Amazon)

**Must have a minimum of 25 credits to qualify for prizes**

Rules:

• Once a community service opportunity is complete, all hours and information must be submitted and documented via the following link. It is a very quick process (less than one minute!) to submit your information!  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqy3qtDYT82S9-P-tIyRwNWKvj6riYc8SuHIXiyu1ssW5F5w/viewform
• Any eligible volunteer opportunities from January 1, 2019 to Decemeber 31, 2019 will qualify if documented
• You must be a member in good standing
• Please send photos of your volunteer activities to [email protected]. PCMA Heartland Chapter wants to see what you have been doing! 
• Winners will be accounced in January 2020
• Questions? Email Sarah Morrissey at [email protected]