Service Hours

First of all, I know many of you out there might be saying, "I don't feel like keeping track of my service hours."  Or even the more higher intentioned ones out there might say, "I don't want to brag about all the service I did."  Although this is very noble of you, there is an even higher purpose to reporting your service hours to your club.  Documenting service hours is vitally important to Circle K remaining a successful non-profit organization.  It allows us to actually keep dues to a minimum.  Outside of that, it shows others just how much we care about the great organizations we serve.  So do remember to report your service hours to your club secretary or service chair.

Service hours are very easy to report.  You only have to know what date you did service, for how many hours, and give a brief description of what was done.  It's as easy as that.

There are some important things you should know about counting hours as service.  They can all be found in the 2005 updated definition of a service hour found in our policy code. (Click here for this updated definition.)

Important to note in this definition is that travel time to and from service projects counts as service hours.  Also, any time you put towards planning a service project counts as well.  The policy changed last year in that you now must have all service hours that you perform be endorsed by your Circle K club, or Circle K in general (Divisional, District, or International-scale).  Although this sounds scary and difficult, it is quite simple.  As long as what you want to do is announced to members of your club (through meetings, newsletters, mailers, etc.), others are invited to come along, and it's not to help out just a friend or family member (i.e. babysitting, painting your neighbor's house, etc.), it is endorsed by Circle K.  Also, remember that you have to pay your dues to count your service hours.  If you have any questions about all this, ask your club secretary or email the District Service Chair at service@wumcirclek.org.