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Foreward |
All boys at St Benedict’s are encouraged and expected to be involved in some form of Community Service and Outreach initiative. The school makes every effort to develop and instil a value of serving others in each of our boy’s hearts.
As members of a Catholic community we have a responsibility to come to the aid of our neighbour. Giving alms to the poor is a witness to fraternal charity: it is also a work of justice pleasing to God.
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Welcome to the Community Hours Community! |
Welcome St Benedict’s to the Community Hours Community! Community Hours provides engaging and meaningful volunteering opportunities. We offer digital logging, verification and reporting of hours. For your own reporting purposes you can print digital reports of hours completed – you have the option to select date parameters, and digital certificates of events. Reports and certificates can be used for the purposes of The President’s Award, Tertiary Applications and Leadership Applications. |
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Parenting advice on encouraging volunteerism and community service |
Inspirational speaker and best-selling author, Nikki Bush, is held in high regard by the business community, educators and parents as she helps them to makes sense of, and stay connected in, a fast-changing world.
Nikki is a widely recognised thought leader with an extensive media footprint. She presents her distinctive talks and workshops to corporate, education and parenting groups. Through her creative and insightful presentations Nikki helps them to manage, educate and develop talent for the new world of work.
Here is Nikki’s Blog post on Encouraging Volunteerism and Community Service www.nikkibush.com/encouraging-volunteerism-and-community-service
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Register |
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We invite St Benedict’s boys to register on our website by visiting www.communityhours.co.za. The registration process is quick, simple and user friendly. |
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Volunteering Opportunities |
Every week you will receive Ready, Steady, Volunteer – our e-newsletter, delivered directly to your inbox. Ready, Steady, Volunteer either focuses on a specific organisation and volunteering opportunity, or features a selection of volunteering opportunities. All details are included enabling you to book your place.
Our Volunteering Hub - available on our Home Page and accessible through your profile - features showcased events and opportunities that are available daily - Monday through Sunday, covering both active and passive opportunities, in various areas in and around Johannesburg. The opportunities include organisations that care for all sectors of the community – children, the elderly, animals, the environment, medical, education and nutrition. Our Volunteering Hub is continually updated.
If you require something specific, please send us an email and it will be our pleasure to assist you. If you have a relationship with a registered organisation, we would love to hear about them, please drop us a mail. |
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Log Your Hours |
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Once you have volunteered, it is essential that you log your volunteering hours. The best time to do this is in the car on the way home – in this way all of the details are still fresh in your mind. The responsibility of logging hours is yours, the organisation is not able to do so on your behalf. Logging hours takes between 3 – 5 minutes, it is quick and user friendly. Once you have logged and submitted your hours, the organisation where you volunteered will receive an email to verify the hours. This process can take anything from 3 – 5 days.
We do monitor this process and we will follow up telephonically with the organisation after 5 days should your hours remain unverified.
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Support |
We offer support by email and telephonically. Should you require any support please feel free to email Melissa. |
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How much is this going to cost? |
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All of these features and benefits costs R150 per learner per annum – that’s only R12.50 per month! On completion of the Registration Process you will be directed to our online, secure payment gateway, alternately there is an EFT option. |
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We look forward to working with St Benedict’s to bring you out of the box
volunteering opportunities and to ensure that community service is
meaningful and engaging. |
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