WGAC Hours

Understanding what counts

Volunteer Hours

Tracking volunteer hours is essential to help measure the group’s impact and showcase achievements to the community. It also allows for recognizing and rewarding dedicated volunteers, boosting morale and encouraging continued participation.

DIRECT VOLUNTEER HOURS

Direct volunteer hours are those hours that are “hands on.” You can claim hours driving to and from a volunteer opportunity and by physically spending time doing or performing the volunteer task. For example: you work for two hours at a facility, such as the Haven of Rest, and it takes you half an hour to drive there plus half an hour to return home, you would count 3 hours as DIRECT hours.

Additional opportunities:

  • Blood Donation: a total of 15 hours for each donation.

  • Goodwill, Salvation Army, Haven of Rest, etc: Taking used clothing, shoes, etc. earns one (1) hour for filling one standard size grocery bag or five (5) hours for filling one large trash bag. In addition, you would receive half the estimated current value for any furniture, electronics, etc. donated

  • Mobile Meals: Six (6) hours per trip.

  • No-Sew Fleece Throws: Small (infants and toddlers) 2 yards of fabric: 10 hours each. Large (teens) 3 yards of fabric: 12 hours each.

  • Pop Tabs (Akron Children’s Hospital): One (1) hour per sandwich-sized zip lock bag of pop tabs.

  • Charity Golf Classic: All hours worked the day of this event, plus travel to and from, are included in DIRECT hours. Since this is our largest fundraiser, you will receive bonus hours in the form of double hours for those members who work 1-8 hours, and triple hours for those members who work 8+ hours on the day of the event. (Example: if you work 10 hours at the event, you may record 30 hours as DIRECT hours.

INDIRECT VOLUNTEER HOURS

For these JWCC-sponsored activities, earn half (1/2) the purchase price of the items listed below in hours. (Example: Spend $10 on school supplies and earn five (5) hours.) Check the monthly Courier for updated JWCC-sponsored activities.

  • Battered Women’s Shelter: any items requested by the Civic Chair.

  • Children’s Hospital: New coloring books, crayons, markers, sticker books, stuffed animals or other items requested by the Civic Chair.

  • Children’s Services: New donations for the Christmas Toy Room, Easter Basket donations or items requested by the Civic Chair.

  • Haven of Rest: Donations as requested by the Civic Chair.

  • Hospice Snacks for families: Snacks may be purchased or homemade. Whole fruit with a skin, such as apples/oranges/bananas, may also be donated. Two dozen cookies, 6 hours.

WGAC Fundraising Events/Auctions/Raffles

In Club Raffle Tickets: half (1/2) the value in hours of any tickets sold or purchased.

Silent Auction: half (1/2) the value of the item, in hours, whether donated by yourself or acquired by you from an outside donor.

Do not Count Hours For:

  • Political Work.

  • Attending other civic club general meetings or sitting on other boards. For example: Junior League, Welcome Wagon, Witan, Copley or Fairlawn or any community Women’s Club, and Homeowners Associations.

  • WGAC Committee Work – Each member of JWCC must volunteer ten (10) hours of in-club work. The Committee Chairwomen at the end of the JWCC event will submit these hours to the 2nd Vice President. Please DO NOT record these on your individual sheets. The following JWCC committees are included: Program, Christmas Brunch, Social, Scholarship Selection, Fall & Spring Fundraisers, New Member and Golf Classic.

  • Do not count hours for activities in which your own child or grandchild is involved, until after you have fulfilled the minimum requirement of 50 hours.

    **The only committee members who may count hours after they have completed their ten (10) in-club hours are those on our Golf Classic committee because it is the only committee open to all club members. You may count travel time on this committee.

If there are any questions concerning volunteer hours, please contact the WGAC Trustees.  Check the monthly Courier for additional volunteer suggestions or visit latest updates for suggestions.