What does the term Community Service mean to you? Does it conjure up ideas of forced service to the community, the result of a court sentence for the guilty to perform community service hours as a penance? Or is it more like a leisurely Saturday morning sizzling sausages at the local Apex or Lions club charity fundraiser? Perhaps it’s volunteer time spent chatting with residents of a nearby nursing home?

Do you currently get involved in any community service projects? Have you volunteered your time for a good cause in the past? If you haven’t, would you consider doing so in the future or not? For what reasons?

Imagine that everyone in your city or town was now required by law to perform a minimum of 3 hours community service per month. What would your reaction be? Would you be pleased? Unhappy? Worried? What sort of activity would you choose to do?