Service FAQ

Completion of 24 Community Service Hours is required for graduation.

First-Year Students: Community service hours can be performed and logged from August - April.      

Second-Year Students: Community Service hours from previous semesters cannot be rolled over.

The Bonner Office defines community service as:

• Performing an altruistic act
• Work or effort put forth, without pay, to benefit a community or its institutions
• Fulfilling a community need
• Working directly with the citizens of a community to fulfill a social need

If you are unsure about your service activity, contact the Community Service Coordinator prior to your service.

• Vendor sales (ex. stadium concessions)
• Fundraising (ex. car washes, awareness walks, etc.)
• Religious Activities (ex. chorus, ushering, etc.)

If you are unsure about your service activity, contact the Community Service Coordinator prior to your service.

You will have to make up the hours you missed plus additional hours the following semester. Once you make-up your hours and they are approved, they will be submitted to the Dean’s Office.

Make-up Requirements:
• Missed hours during the 1st Year: 10 hours + 8 current hours due
• Missed hours during 2nd Year: 12 per semester + 8 current hours due

The Bonner Office provides a couple of transportation options:

Community Service Shuttle Van
The Service Shuttle only services select nonprofit organizations that are in reasonable distance of the College. Prior to scheduling your visit, please review the Shuttle Service schedule to determine if your service site is listed.

Marta
Marta Breeze cards are available to Spelman students who actively volunteer a minimum of five hours a week. For those eligible for this incentive, you will need to register on-line through GET CONNECTED. Obtain your Marta Breeze cards 1 week prior to your scheduled service.

For more information regarding student service transportation, please contact the Administrative Office Coordinator at 404-270-5315.

The Bonner Office requires the following guidelines for acceptable community service sites:

• Agency/Organization must hold a 501(c) 3 tax status.
• Agency/Organization MUST be registered on GET CONNECTED.
• All service must be performed OUTSIDE the Atlanta University Center gates, but within the Metro Atlanta area.
• We encourage students to serve the community within a 1.7 mile radius surrounding Spelman College. –Project Impact
• If you wish to complete service hours with an agency/organization not registered on GET CONNECTED, you MUST complete a Service Site Pre-approval Form, prior to completing the service.

You MUST complete a Service Site Pre-approval Form

• The form must be completed and signed by your service site supervisor and the Spelman College Community Service Coordinator, prior to completing service with the organization.
• Service Site Pre-approval Forms are available in the Bonner Office, Manley Center, Room 202.
• Service Site Pre-approval Forms take up to five (5) business days to approve.
• Service Site Pre-approval Forms must be submitted and approved prior to completing service hours.

 

1. Register on Spelman Serves 
2. On the student home page, click on ADD IMPACT on the right.
3. Complete the requested information.
4. Save and continue.

*PLEASE NOTE: Your hours will not be approved if you do not have a completed and approved Service Site Pre-approval Form on file, and your hours will not be accepted.

Check out what service opportunities are available through the Saturday Service Series. It’s a great way to serve and socialize with your Spelman sisters! 

For more information regarding Saturday Service Series, please send an email to us at communityservice@spelman.edu.