Big Spring High School
Newville, Pennsylvania
55 students participated
Poll Analysis - Pre-selected options
Personal Intangible Wishes
1st = good feeling 2nd (tie) = worthy cause and fun
7th = meeting new people 6th = role model
Personal Tangible Wishes
1st = apprenticeships 2nd = class credits 3rd (tie) = free passes and
mentors
11th = TV coverage 10th = published 9th = discounts
Wishes for the Community
1st = upgrade schools 2nd = auditorium, skate park etc.
5th = inexpensive and good childcare 4th = library upgrades
Reasons for NOT Volunteering
1st = no time 2nd = need money 3rd = not know where or what to do
14th = need transportation 13th (tie) = parents not approve and uncool
Volunteer 5 hours a week
During school year?
Yes = 45 No = 10 (4 of the 10 will volunteer during summer)
During summer?
Yes = 43
Currently volunteer?
Yes = 21
Poll Analysis - Hand Written Comments
Random Sampling
Trades
"Community support of school activities."
"I would like food, lunch for my hard work. Dirty clothes always make me feel like I did a good job."
"Free lunch on the day of the event."
"Donations to the public libraryóone hour per book."
"If I work for the community, I think they should try to do something to make our school's appearance better."
"A way to work off traffic tickets."
"Teach me a skill I can use in the future."
"To have insurance just in case I would happen to get hurt."
"Make the curfew later."
Volunteers
"Tutor at local elementary school."
"Tried to volunteer at a hospital."
"I really want to be a Big Sister, but you have to be 18."
"I help volunteer with my gifted teacher and environmental club advisory in areas where he needs help. Two examples are reading and acting out stories in front of elementary kids and cleaning up the Big Spring."
"Currently I am not a volunteer but wil be soon with the local Head Start preschool center. I will be focussing on teaching them about health and nutrition."
"I visit with older people who are residents at the nursing center. We play games and go for walks, do crafts and just talk."
"I currently volunteer once a week a legal Services Inc. in Carlisle Pennsylvania. At legal services I work as an aide answering phones, typing, filing, and doing client intakes, legal services, offers legal counsel to those below a set poverty level. This experience has really broadened my horizons and I have seen the help one person can give to many."
"I worked fo r Habitat for Humanity."
"I do volunteer work at the Bosler Library. I stock shelves and help in the children's department."
"I volulnteer at a nursing home."
"Current;y I help out the Youth Group by babysitting, decorating, cleaning up and mowing lawns, planting flowers, cleaning up garbage etc."
"I am an Eagle Scout. I did my own community service project. I did a
township-wide roads survey. I measured roads, got the surface and put down special
features."
No Thank You
"The only reason for me not to volunteer is I don't feel qualified and I don't know
what needs to be done and where to find out. there are no other reasons."