Community Service Hours

All students who are residents who qualify for New Haven Promise will need to complete a total of 40 hours of community service. 

Community service offers social and cognitive benefits for students. It provides practical experience and develops critical skills like leadership, problem-solving, and time management. Volunteering applies classroom learning to real-life scenarios and is a means for community support and personal growth.  It helps build identity, fosters new friendships, and positively impacts society. Engaging in service work is fulfilling and empowering. Students can witness firsthand the results of their hard work, making a genuine difference in the world, one project at a time.

Students are highly encouraged to complete their community service hours in their earliest years of high school and get this requirement out of the way.

Follow this process to log your hours

1. Log the hours on servo.city https://servo.city/ 

2. Fill out the community service log hours form (available at this link or in the school counselor suite) and have the adult who supervised your hours sign the form. 

3. New Haven Promise candidates must log all hours on servo.city and also send the completed community log hours form or a letter on letterhead signed by the supervisor/organization indicating the dates and hours completed to service@newhavenpromise.org .  Step 4 is required by New Haven Promise.