Community Service

Community Service Opportunities

Groups and organizations will often send notices about or requests for student assistance. These notices get posted on this page, so check this page often for updates. They are listed in the order received, with the date of service and a brief description. Each listing has the listing date at the end. Listings will be removed when the event is over or the need has been satisfied. For the Longfellow Community Service Form, click here and print the page.

These groups need volunteers year round:

ACTS: 703-441-8606 or www.actspwc.org
Central Fairfax Services: 703-354-0900 or www.foodforothers.org
Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry: 703-533-5505 Ext. 15 or www.novam.org
Northern Virginia Family Service: 703-219-2123 or www.nvfs.org
Herndon/Reston FISH: (703) 437-0600 or (703) 391-0105 or Friendly Instant Sympathetic Help
Reston Interfaith: 571-323-9569 or Volunteer
Volunteer Fairfax: Web site

If you would like to have a community service opportunity listed on this page, please contact webmaster.

Community Service Requirements for Longfellow 8th Grade Civics Students

All 8th grade civics students required hours of community service per quarter. The rules are the same for all civics teachers. Service hours must be recorded in writing with dates and adult signatures. Payment cannot be received for community service.

Members of the National Junior Honor Society have an additional hours of community service for the school year, with a preference for about 5 hours to be performed at Longfellow. The rules for NJHS service hours are the same as those used in civics.

Community service possibilities include, for example:

Helping at a hospital, homeless shelter or nursing home
Cooking and/or working at a soup kitchen
Volunteering with the national or local park services
Participating in elementary school activities such as fun fairs and pizza dinners
Mailing or handing out fliers for non-profit organizations
Collecting items or funds for a charity
Special clean-up activities in your neighborhoods
Participating in activities at your place of worship aside from direct worship or missionary work. For example, helping in support endeavors (i.e., babysitting during the service, helping teachers, setting up and cleaning up after church dinners, etc.) counts for community service hours.
Longfellow opportunities include, for example, helping in the library or at Longfellow's International Night

Service for a business or profit -making enterprise does not count for community service. Helping a parent in his/her office is nice but really isn't serving the community.

The students should clear a service opportunity with their civics teacher if they have any concerns about their service counting as community service.