Community Service | 2024 - 2025

Important Information

Community Service Hour Requirements

All students will be required to complete community service hours. These hours will change as students grow in maturity and ability.

  • At least half of a student's community service hours must be completed with an organization they or their parents are not affiliated with.

  • Students are required to volunteer with at least two different organizations. We believe that by engaging with a variety of community groups, students can create more meaningful connections and gain diverse experiences

Please read all community service expectations.

Grade Level

Hours Required

K-2nd

5 hrs

3rd-5th

10 hrs

6th-8th

20 hrs

Lead Academy Service Opportunities

Organized by Lead Academy and approved for community service credit

Opportunity

Date

Notes

Uniform Help

December 10

3:15-4:15
Sign up here

Hands on Lead Day

January 20

Save the Date! More information to come.

Community Service Opportunities

Not sponsored by or affiliated with Lead Academy, approved for community service credit

Organization

Notes

Greenville Humane Society

Animal Advocate Activites
- Creating and donating items specifically from this document

** Please note: Lead Academy does not accept community service hours for simply donating items.

Mauldin Recreation

The Mauldin Recreation Youth Basketball Program is seeking volunteers ages 7+ to help with their basketball season!

Volunteer Duties Include:
- Setting up for games
- Greeting and directing parents and players
- Cleaning between games
- Managing game balls
- Operating the game clock

Sign up here

Independent Litter Clean-Up

You decide when and where to serve your community with this opportunity!

For every bag filled, students will earn a half-hour credit.

Click here for information.

Meals on Wheels

- Delivering meals

Bucket Brigade: A Shelter Reading Program

Age requirement: must be at least 8 years old.
- Provide valuable in kennel enrichment for the large dogs by reading to them.
- Click here to find out more about the program.

TreesUpstate

Tree Planting @ Conestee Nature Preserve
- Saturday, 12/7 ( 9 am), email kylie@treesupstate.org to sign up if registration is full

- They encourage students to volunteer and say that if you try to register for something that doesn’t have any more “tickets” left, email them at kylie@treesupstate.org.

Greer Community Garden

Watering, weeding, etc. to help the Greer Relief community garden thrive!

Greer Relief

- Food Pantry (great opportunity for days we don’t have school)

City of Greenville Parks

- Volunteer groups primarily focus on ecological restoration efforts by removing non-native invasive plants throughout our parks.
- Volunteers may also work with Parks staff to improve park amenities through cleaning, painting, trash pick-up and other projects as needed.

Front Porch Housing

- Flexible Common Room Cleaning Opportunities
- Library Reading Volunteer
- Flexible Laundry Room Cleaning Opportunities

Sustaining Way

Garden Work Days at Annie's House
- Tuesdays (3:00-5:00 pm)
- Wednesdays (4:00-5:30 pm)
- Third Saturday of the month (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- More information

Ronald McDonald House

- Provide a well-balanced meal to warm hearts and bellies of families when they return from a long day at the hospital. More information

- Spend some time baking fresh, homemade baked goods for Ronald McDonald families (this opportunity would be great for days we don't have school)
More information

Harvest Hope

Age requirement: must be at least 11 years old

Email Misty Carpenter at mcarpenter@harvesthope.org to sign up.

Greenville County Library System

Age requirement: must be at least 12 years old
- Look for “Teen Service Events”
- Students will work on projects for the library (stamping library discards, creating decorations for an upcoming program, assembling craft kits, etc.)

- Registration is required for each event

- Saturday, January 10
- Tuesday, January 14
- Tuesday, January 28
- Saturday, February 8
- Tuesday, February 11
- Tuesday, February 25

** Note, these events fill up. Registration opens one month before the event.
Click here to register

South Carolina Children's Theatre

Age requirement: must be at least 11 years old with a parent/guardian
- Volunteer & see a show! Ushers are responsible for scanning tickets, directing patrons to assigned seats, and offering additional assistance.

- Saturday, December 7
- Sunday, December 8
- Friday, December 13
- Saturday, January 25
- Sunday, January 26
- Saturday, February 1
- Sunday, February 2
- Saturday, February 8
- Sunday, February 9
- Friday, February 21
- Saturday, February 22

Mill Village

Age requirement:  opportunity for 8th grade students.
- Information and application are listed on their website.
- Mill Village Farms’ Spoons and Sprouts (gardening and food system)
- Village Wrench’s 6-Cycle (bike repair and riding skills)

Past Lead Academy Service Opportunities | 24-25
Not sponsored by or affiliated with Lead Academy, approved for community service credit

Organization

Notes

Binders and Uniform Help

November 19

Students will be helping package uniforms and/or setting up binders for Student Led Showcase. Sign up here

Past Community Service Opportunities | 24-25
Not sponsored by or affiliated with Lead Academy, approved for community service credit

Organization

Notes

The City of Simpsonville

Simply Proud Cleanup Day
September 14, 9:00 - 11:00am
Sign up
here

Greenville County Library System

Age requirement: must be at least 12 years old
- Look for “Teen Service Events”
- Students will work on projects for the library (stamping library discards, creating decorations for an upcoming program, assembling craft kits, etc.)

- Registration is required for each event

Tuesday, September 10 (4:30-6:00pm)
- Tuesday, October 15 (4:30-6:00pm)
- Saturday, October 26 (10:00am - 11:30am)
- Tuesday, October 29 (4:30 - 6:00pm)

South Carolina Children's Theatre

Age requirement: must be at least 11 years old with a parent/guardian
- Volunteer & see a show! Ushers are responsible for scanning tickets, directing patrons to assigned seats, and offering additional assistance.

- Saturday, September 14
- Sunday, September 15
- Saturday, September 21
- Sunday, September 22
- Friday, September 27
- Saturday, September 28
- Sunday, Sepetember 29
- Saturday, October 5
- Sunday, October 6
- Saturday, October 12
- Sunday, October 13
- Friday, October 25
- Saturday, October 26
- Sunday, October 27
- Saturday, November 2
- Sunday, November 3
- Saturday, November 9
- Sunday, November 10
- Thursday, November 21
- Friday, November 22
- Saturday, November 23
- Sunday, November 24
- Friday, November 29
- Saturday, November 30
- Sunday, December 1

Let's Keep TR Beautiful

Community Cleanup in Travelers Rest
September 21, 2024
Click here for information.

Friends of the Reedy River

2024 Fall River Cleanup
Saturday, September 21 (9:00-11:30am)
Sign up
here

City of Mauldin Parks and Recreation

Mauldin Community Clean Up Day Fall 2024
October 19, 2024
9:00am
Sign up
here

TreesUpstate

Tree Planting @ Nicholtown
Sat 10/26, 9:00 -
Sign up here

Trees Upstate Turkey Day Run
Thursday 11/28 - Sign up here

- They encourage students to volunteer and say that if you try to register for something that doesn’t have any more “tickets” left, email them at kylie@treesupstate.org.

Have a community service opportunity you would like to share?

Email servewell@myleadacademy.com