Community
Service
The Community Service requirement ensures that students give back to their communities while developing skills and experience that can benefit their future careers.
Explore these sections for details on deadlines, eligible activities and tips for completing your hours successfully.
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What are the deadlines for submitting my community service?
Complete and submit 8 hours by each deadline! Failure to comply with the established dates will result in the permanent loss of TN Promise eligibility.
Semester/Trimester Deadlines and Timeframes for Completion
Spring 2025
Deadline: December 2, 2024 (College Students Only)
Timeframe for Completion (College Students): July 2, 2024 - December 2, 2024
Summer 2025
Deadline: April 1, 2025*
Timeframe for Completion (College Students): December 3, 2024 - April 1, 2025
Timeframe for Completion (High School Seniors): August 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025**
Fall 2025
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Timeframe for Completion (College Students): December 3, 2024 - July 1, 2025
Timeframe for Completion (High School Seniors): August 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025**
Notes:
*Summer semester/trimester deadlines apply to students attending a TCAT, Moore Tech, South College or those choosing to enroll with TN Promise during the summer term. Contact tnachieves@tnachieves.org for further details!
**Class of 2025 high school seniors can count hours completed on or after August 1, 2024 towards the Summer and Fall 2025 deadlines. Students can begin submitting these hours after November 1, 2024.
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Community service involves contributing your time to a nonprofit or public service organization, with the goal of benefiting the community through your efforts.
As a college student, you can also volunteer in your field of interest to gain valuable experience. This means that job shadowing related to your career path may count toward your community service requirement, allowing you to develop professionally while fulfilling this important obligation.
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Tasks in which you are paid for your service. This includes working at your job off the clock.
Volunteering for an individual (e.g., helping a neighbor with yard work)
Listing a family member as your supervisor
Proselytizing (sharing faith)
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All community service hours must be submitted through the community service online form found here. After submitting your community service hours, you will receive a confirmation email. Keep in mind, it is YOUR responsibility to submit your hours. Your supervisor is not responsible for submitting your community service hours.
Community Service Guides
tnAchieves' Community Service Resource Guides are county-specific resources designed to help students find local volunteer opportunities. These guides provide a curated list of organizations and events where students can complete their required community service hours. Each guide is tailored to the specific needs and opportunities within a county, making it easier for students to engage in meaningful service that benefits their local community.
CLick here to view a list of Short-Term community service events
events are posted here from around the state!
Are you an organization that would like to be included on your county’s resource guide? Follow the link below to submit your opportunity! If you need to edit a community service opportunity, please email us.
Virtual Community
Service Webinars
Due to the emergence of COVID-19 in recent years, virtual community service webinars are available to help you complete your community service requirement for TN Promise eligibility. You may complete up to 4 virtual webinars for each deadline. The remaining 4 hours must be completed via job shadowing and/or volunteering in the community. If you try to view more than 4 virtual community service webinars, you will be presented with an error message.
There are various ways you can earn your 8 hours of community service. For example, you can complete 4 hours virtually and 4 hours in the community; you can complete 2 hours virtually and 6 in the community or you can complete all 8 hours by working in your community. These are a couple of examples on how you can earn your 8 hours of community service. You have options!
Each video will account for one hour of community service, so feel free to watch up to 4 episodes per semester. We hope that these webinars and interviews will provide you with insight into career paths, college success and general life skills.
Click the link below to log in and view a community service webinar. You must watch a webinar in its entirety and click “submit” to be credited an hour of community service. Duplicate viewings of the same webinar will not be counted as an hour of community service. You may only receive credit for viewing each webinar once!
***You DO NOT need to submit tnAchieves virtual community service separately. After viewing each webinar and hitting the "submit" button, your one hour of community service will be credited to your account***
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