IB CAS Service Activities - Pre-approval Information
Below are activities that do not require completion of a pre-approval form. Generally, if you volunteer for a nonprofit organization that delivers services to people, it probably qualifies for CAS Service hours. Also any activities mentioned in emails coming from the IB or CAS Coordinator will be considered pre-approved. If none of these apply, you must fill out a pre-approval form. Copies are in the CAS Coordinator’s classroom, at the Harding IB Web site, or in the Student Services office. If in doubt, fill it out!
This list will be updated periodically as we learn of more opportunities, so check back to see if something you plan to do has been listed. This list has two parts: Part I is a general description of activities that don’t need pre-approval; Part II are specific sponsors that don’t need pre-approval.
Part I: No pre-approval required for these activities
- Coaching/volunteering/working concessions for accredited sports or fitness programs and competitions (Examples: Harding sports teams, City/town Parks & Recreation programs)
- Tutoring (Examples: CMS students under teacher supervision)
- Volunteering with health services providers, including hospitals, community clinics, nursing homes, assisted living centers, hospices (Examples: Carolinas Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital, Hospice Charlotte)
- Soup kitchens, food banks, food-collection drives
- Town-sponsored community events
- Emergency shelters/women’s shelters (Examples: Room at the Inn)
- Teacher assistance (Examples: After-school help for a teacher)
- Boy Scout or Girl Scout-sponsored service activities
- Harding sponsored service activities (Example: campus cleanup)
- Harding club-sponsored service activities
- ROTC-sponsored service activities
- IB CAS-sponsored service activities
- Volunteering for community arts groups
- Participation in charity fund-raisers (Examples: Komen Race for the Cure, March of Dimes WalkAmerica, CropWalk, Relay for Life)
Part II: Volunteer work with these specific agencies does not require pre-approval
Ada Jenkins Center (
American Cancer Society (
American Heart Association (
American Red Cross (
Boy Scouts of America (service activities only)
Butterfly Bin (
Carolina Raptor Center (
Carolina Renaissance Festival (
Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk (
Charlotte Soccer Club (
Children’s Theater (
Crisis Assistance Ministry (
Friendship Trays (Meals on Wheels) (
Girl Scouts of America (service activities only)
Habitat for Humanity (
KidsVoting (
Komen Walk for the Cure (
March of Dimes Relay for Life (
Metrolina AIDS Project (
Multiple Sclerosis Society (
Muscular Dystrophy Association (
National Whitewater Center (
North Carolina Big Sweep (
Operation Christmas Child (
Room at the Inn (
Special Olympics (
UNCC Youth Orchestra
YMCA (
YWCA (