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Guidelines

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPONENT

BRIGHT FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

In addition to the curricular and testing requirements of the Bright Futures Scholarship Award Program, students must complete a program of community service work. A minimum of 30 hours of community service will be required for the Gold Seal Scholarship, 75 hours will be required for the Florida Medallion Scholarship and 100 hours will be required for the Florida Academic Scholarship. Eligible community service may include but is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit community service organization, or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office, but cannot be performed on a paid job or during school course time. Community service must be above anything required as a classroom component or grade. Court ordered community service shall not, in any fashion, be used to meet this requirement. Students may register for, and begin, meeting the community service requirement on the first day of their freshman year. Hours necessary to meet this requirement may be accrued throughout the ninth through twelfth grade years, but must be completed no later than the last school day for students of the twelfth grade. The school counselors of the school or designee will be responsible for originating a file for each student attempting community service and will be responsible for certifying completion of requirements. It shall be the student's responsibility to complete the application for community service in which he/she defines the problem to be addressed and creates a plan for involvement, provides his/her own transportation to the service site, and submits logs of hours worked to the school counselor or designee. Students are encouraged to exceed the minimum number of hours in order to enhance their college applications and build community awareness. A NEW APPLICATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR EACH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITY.

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Application

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPONENT

BRIGHT FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PROGRAM

Student’s Name____________________________________________Date_______________________

Mailing Address______________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number______________________ Parent Phone Number __________________________

PROPOSED COMMUNITY SERVICE (Please list the nature of the service, the physical location, the type of work to be done, the name of the supervisor, and the proposed work schedule which should not include hours during school day or on a paid job.)

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MY COMMUNITY SERVICE WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY BY: __________________

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LOG OF HOURS WORKED

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPONENT

BRIGHT FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PROGRAM

Student's Name___________________________ Service Site_________________________________

Month/Year____________________ Supervisor_______________________ Phone Number___________________

|Date Worked* |Hours Worked |Supervisor Signature |

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| | |Parent Signature _____________________________ |

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| | |Student Signature____________________________ |

*MUST be dated AFTER permission has been obtained and your Counselor has approved the community service.

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Approved By:___________________Date__________

# of Hours:__________________________

Recorded By:________________________

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