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The Juvenile Community Services
and Restitution Program
The Juvenile Community Service and Restitution Program works with youth who have committed crimes in Orange County and are assigned community service hours. Young people are placed in nonprofit work sites throughout the county where volunteer supervisors oversee and evaluate their work. The program coordinators organize group events such as park clean up projects and arts & crafts projects that benefit the community. Through this program, youthful offenders learn important lessons in responsibility and accountability and often develop positive relationships with their adult supervisors. Young people are also taught valuable life and job skills while volunteering.
Program Coordinators:
Scott Dreyer - sad@volunteersforyouth.org
Nicole Hunter - rnh@volunteersforyouth.org
Youth must bring their timesheets to community service projects and have worksite supervisors sign off on their work. You can download a timesheet here.
Youth must sign up with their program coordinator to participate in any of the following projects:
Ongoing Community Service Opportunities
Orange County Teen Court
Superior Courtroom in the Orange County Courthouse
106 E. Margaret Ln, Hillsborough
Click here for a schedule and more information.
Youth volunteers can serve on the jury for community service hours. Check in with Amy Fischer when you arrive.
This project has limited spaces
Anathoth Community Garden
Lonesome Rd, Cedar Grove
The garden opens February 26th
The Anathoth Garden is a community garden run by Cedar Grove United Methodist Church. Community service youth can come out on Saturdays and work in the garden in a variety of different tasks. The food produced by the garden is distributed to garden members and to the Cedar Grove community. This work will count for double hours if youth do a good job and stay on task during the workday. Bring a bottle for water and check in with Fred Bahnson, David Hamilton or Wren Blessing when you arrive.
This project is limited to 6 youth per workday.
RENA Community Center
1715 Purefoy Drive, Chapel Hill
Monday - Friday from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM and Saturdays 12 noon - 6:00 PM
Youth will assist with multiple tasks at the RENA Center. Projects include, but aren't limited to: helping with food pantry/food distribution (Fridays), neighborhood cleanup, painting, landscaping, office work, community garden (Saturdays), after school activities and special events/projects.
This project is limited to 3 youth on weekdays and 5 on Saturdays.
YOU MUST SIGN UP BEFORE WORKING
Kramden Institute
4915 Prospectus Drive, Suite J, Durham
Wednesday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Community service youth are needed to help refurbish computers.
This project is limited to 3 youth per workday
The Peoples Channel
300 AC Elliot Rd, Chapel Hill
Learn about video production while earning community service hours. Volunteers must attend an orientation, which will also count towards hours, held on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month from 7-8pm
Contact your program coordinator for more information
The Arts Center
300-G E. Main St., Carrboro
The Arts Center is always looking for volunteers to help with their theatre programs and with their afterschool program
Contact your program coordinator for more information
Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA
980 MLK Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill
The YMCA has a variety of tasks that youth volunteers can help with. Volunteers must fill out a volunteer application and attend a 1-hour orientation, which will also count towards community service. Youth can also volunteer with the Boomerang program after school and on teacher workdays
Contact your program coordinator for more information
The Internationalist Prison Books Collective
218 N Graham St, Chapel Hill
Sundays
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
This is a non-profit, all-volunteer group that sends out free books and informational material, by request, to prison inmates in Mississippi and Alabama
Contact your program coordinator for more information
There are many more ongoing community service opportunities available in the Worksite Agency List.
Please check with your program coordinator to find out more information.
Resources:
Community Service Time Sheet
Program Requirements
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