Leaders In Service Agenda
Sample Community Service Projects:
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Children's Hospital |
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- Serve a meal to parents and their children in the hospital |
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- Raise funds to buy books, clothing, games, or other needed items |
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- Artistic painting of hospital entrances and hallways to create a more
positive atmosphere |
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- Mini-Science Fair to provide technical expertise to the children in
creating projects |
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Habitat for Humanity |
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Focus:HOPE |
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- Prepackaged food for delivery |
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- Delivery of food packages |
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- Fast Track Program to assist in literacy or other child development |
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Coalition for Temporary Shelters (COTS) |
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- Variety of sub-team activities including child care interaction,
prepare meals, painting, mailings & other children's activities |
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- Work on grounds and/or buildings, e.g., painting or remodeling |
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- Take kids to a ball games, circus, play, etc. |
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Lula Belle Stewart Center, Inc. |
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- Painting and grounds improvement |
The criteria for a community service day are that it can actively engage each member of teams from 10 to 25 people, it involves integrated team activity and not simply labor, and it offers an emotional benefit.
A prototypical community service day would include group transportation to the work site, work on site for four to eight hours, a debrief of the day to make connections to individual learning and to work, and a team dinner & celebration.
Sample Workshop Curriculum Components
One-half to one day would be spent back at a meeting site to focus on the following topics:
Debrief of the community service day that connects the experience to lessons around teamwork, service as a value, the emotional benefits of giving to others, the choice in energy and morale, the relative perspective of life's problems and the emotional intelligence required to cope with problems, the action that is necessary to actualize good intentions, leadership of others, understanding various leadership and followership roles, application of leadership back in the workplace and the power of purpose.
The Choice Model: Being personally responsible for our mindsets and attitudes in all circumstances.
Personal Vision: Identification of personal vision for success plus personal values, talents and strengths, personal purpose, opportunities for growth and creating personal support networks. What is the legacy that each of us would like to leave? How do we get started with action today?
Life Balance: What are our real vs. our stated values? How to cope with the challenges of corporate life through action to be healthy in mind, body and spirit. The outcome will be a personal balance plan.
Support Plan: How can we create community back at work? How can each individual create a personal network of support that helps to maintain balance.
The Role of Leadership: How leaders carry both an intellectual (head) and an emotional (heart) message to everyone around them and the responsibility of effective leaders to help others choose to be alive. This segment would include practice in enrolling others to accept the final freedom, to stay positive in any circumstances.
Optional: Work on a Team Strategy or Initiative: If the work team has a current opportunity that requires, focus, energy and alignment, they could spend some time converting the spirit from the community service and personal planning to a common task. A planning strategy would be tailored based on desired outcomes.
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