Tracking volunteer hours that are spread across numerous activities

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If you are part of a service organization (Circle K International in this case) on campus that does different volunteering/services actives each week (sometimes even daily), would you just track that as 1 lump sum of hours (separating clinical and non-clinical) or individually?

You may end up with 80 volunteer hours in a semester, but that could be spread across 10-20 different activities.

What would be the best way to list it on the application when that time comes?

 

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If you are part of a service organization (Circle K International in this case) on campus that does different volunteering/services actives each week (sometimes even daily), would you just track that as 1 lump sum of hours (separating clinical and non-clinical) or individually?

You may end up with 80 volunteer hours in a semester, but that could be spread across 10-20 different activities.

What would be the best way to list it on the application when that time comes?

Grouping short-term volunteering at multiple sites will give the activities more impact. I suggest keeping a detailed log of each service location and its hours. You can list all of those related to clinical in one space and have another with nonclinical hours (with a Contact from the parent organization that organizes the overall effort, even though it might be the same for each), but you might like to list the top three locations and subtotals of hours to show some longevity and ongoing presence in the community.