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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:
Jared Cates - jjc@volunteersforyouth.org
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:
Upcoming Community Service 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 is closed for the winter
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.
Northside Community Garden
400 Caldwell St, Chapel Hill
Next Workdays: Saturday, November 21, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Volunteers for Youth is has two plots at the Northside Community Garden in Chapel Hill. All of the produce grown at the garden is donated to the IFC Community Kitchen. This project counts for double hours if youth do a good job and stay on task during the workday. There is no drinkable water at the garden, so please bring your own.
This project is limited to 5 youth per workday.
Abundant Life Food Ministry
512 US 70 East, Hillsborough
Tuesdays from 5:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Abundant Life Food Ministry at the Abundant Life Church distributes foods to families in need every Tues. evening. They need help with packing the food into boxes and then bringing it out to the cars of waiting clients at their warehouse which is behind the church.
This project is limited to 3 youth per workday.
YOU MUST SIGN UP BEFORE WORKING
The ReCYCLEry
The ReCYCLEry has moved! It is now behind the vacated Performance Bike Shop at 103 Padgette Lane in Carrboro
Sundays from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Community service youth learn how to work on bikes and then help with all aspects of bicycle repair, cleaning, organizing of parts and a variety of other tasks.
This project is limited to 2 youth per workday.
The Carrboro Farmers Market
Carrboro Town Commons (Next to the Town Hall)
Wednesdays 4:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Saturdays 9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Community service youth are needed to help run the information booth and to assist with set-up and clean-up. Check in with Sarah Blacklin when you arrive.
This project is limited to 1 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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