By Michele Pitman
10/28/2021 – Edtech Chronicle
“I’ve had a front-row seat throughout the pandemic, examining firsthand how schools have pivoted their service programs, because my company manages community service tracking for hundreds of schools across the country. Since the platform’s inception in 2008, I am proud to state that x2VOL has helped streamline volunteer experiences, successfully logging over 50 million hours of community service since its start.
For the majority of student volunteer hours completed during the pandemic, most were conducted in the home. Rather than working in a nursing home or the local homeless shelter, most learners transitioned to caregiving, delivering groceries to food banks and the elderly, sewing masks, tutoring, and providing in-house tech support, all the while adhering to social isolation mandates.
Now emerging from a post-pandemic world, we need to get students back outside and engaged in their communities as restrictions ease. Below are my thoughts about why community service is essential currently and how service has changed post-pandemic.”…Read about the impact of community service on student success here.