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Bright Futures Volunteer Service/Paid Work
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To be eligible to receive one of the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Awards, students must complete either volunteer service hours or paid work hours.Volunteer Service Hours Needed:Florida Academic Scholarship - 100 hours
Florida Medallion Scholarship - 75 hoursGold Seal CAPE - 30 hours
Gold Seal Vocational - 30 hoursPaid Work Hours Needed:Florida Academic Scholarship - 100 hoursFlorida Medallion Scholarship - 100 hoursGold Seal CAPE - 100 hoursGold Seal Vocational - 100 hoursCombined Volunteer and Paid Work Hours Needed:Florida Academic Scholarship - 100 hoursFlorida Medallion Scholarship - 100 hoursGold Seal CAPE - 100 hoursGold Seal Vocational - 100 hoursBeginning with the class of 2023, students may now use work hours in lieu of service hours.
Service and work hours can be combined.
Both work and service hours must be completed with an agency, company, organization or business where they can be verified.
Students must be in high school (summer before 9th grade is acceptable).
Hours should be completed by August 31st after high school graduation.
Steps to Follow
1. Students determine where they want to complete their service/work and complete a Bright Futures Service/Work Hours Proposal form (PCS form 2-2602-2).2. Turn in the proposal to the high school service/work designee for review and to determine if it is acceptable.3. If acceptable, complete the Bright Futures Log & Reflection form (PCS form 2-2602-3) to track hours. This is turned in at the high school upon completion.4. Students must complete and have approved a proposal for each location and maintain separate log forms.What hours cannot count?
SERVICE HOURS
1.Court mandated community service.2.Service hours where a family member is verifying the completed hours.3.An activity where there is no responsible adult on site to evaluate and confirm student performance.4.Donations, such as Locks of Love or giving blood.5.Participation on a sports team or a performance of any kind unless participation is considered an act of service.WORK HOURS
1.Work hours where a family member is verifying the completed hours.Potential Volunteer Service Projects
Note: No service project location is pre-approved. All projects should be approved by the High School Volunteer Service/Paid Work Designee prior to the start of the activity. Also, the following is a list of agencies that have provided opportunities in the past and is provided for your convenience, but the School District neither endorses, guarantees, nor makes any representation regarding the listed agencies; parents and adult students are strongly encouraged to investigate the agencies and make their own personal decisions regarding the sites.To view detailed information about the agency, projects available, and contact information, click on the agency name.
Animal Welfare
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium
- Frankie's Friends
- Humane Society of Pinellas
- Pinellas County Animal Services
- Rescue Pets of Florida
- Suncoast Primate Sanctuary
Childhood Obesity/Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
- City of Clearwater Parks & Recreation
- City of Madeira Beach
- City of Seminole Recreation
- Florida Bicycle Association
- Jump for Kids
- YMCA Suncoast- Clearwater
- YMCA Suncoast- Palm Harbor
Domestic Violence/Anti-Bullying:
Education/Lifelong Learning
- Beach Art Center
- Clearwater Public Library System
- Dunedin Fine Art Center
- Dunedin Historical Museum
- Great Explorations Children's Museum
- Imagine Museum
- Museum of Archaelogy, Paleontology & Science
- Pinellas County Council PTSA/PTA
- Promise Time Extended Learning Program
- Read to Me/Pinellas County Schools
- Salvation Army
- Seminole Community Library
- Shepherd's Village Academic Enrichment Center
- The Collection on Palmetto
- The Dali' Museum
- The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
- The Science Center
- United Way Suncoast
- YMCA of Greater St. Pete- YMCA Reads! Program
Elder Care:
Environmental Protection/Recycling:
- Be the Shark Cleanup Mission, Inc.
- City of Clearwater Parks & Recreation
- City of Madeira Beach
- City of Pinellas Park- TeenWorkX
- City of Oldsmar
- First Unity Spiritual Campus
- Imagine Our Florida, Inc.
- Keep Pinellas Beautiful
- Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
- Randon Acts of Flowers
- Salvation Army
- Seminole Jr. Warhawks Atheletic Association (SJWAA)
Community Engagement:
- City of Oldsmar
- City of Safety Harbor- Leisure Activities
- City of Seminole Recreation
- Deuces, Inc.
- EDGE Business District Association
- League of Women Voters of North Pinellas County
- Salvation Army
- Ryan Wells Foundation
- St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce/Bay Area Chamber Foundation
- St. Petersburg City Theatre
- Tampa Bay Cannons
- The Stano Foundation
- United Way Suncoast
- Upper Tampa Bay City of Commerce
Healthcare:
Human Rights:
Physical/Mental Challenges/Disabilities:
- Always Promoting Independence LLC
- Disability Achievement Center
- Family Care Council of Florida
- F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Down Syndrome/Special Needs-West Florida
- Goodwill-Suncoast
- Me & U Abilities Academy
- Miracle By The Bay
- Paddle4Autism
- PARC
- Sailability
- Soothe Our Souls
- Special Olympics Florida
- We Rock the Spectrum Clearwater Kids Gym
- YMCA Suncoast- Clearwater
Mentoring:
Food Insecurity/Homelessness:
- Action Jackson Foundation
- Clothes to Kids- Clearwater
- Clothes to Kids- St. Pete
- Countryside Cares, Inc. d.b.a. Helping Hands
- Daystar Life Center
- FEAST Food Pantry
- Feeding America Tampa Bay
- First Unity Spiritual Campus
- Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County
- Helping Hands Food Pantry at First Baptist Church
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Thrift Store
- Homeless Emergency Project
- Hope Villages of America
- Salvation Army
- St Vincent de Paul Community Store
- Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation
- UMCM Suncoast
- United Way Suncoast
