Why is community service important?
1. Community Service Helps Connect us to our Community
Giving back and assisting others is the basis of community service or volunteering. Thus, it teaches us how significant it is to help the ones in need, the ones who are less fortunate than us. It connects us to the community by improving it, and making it a better place for all of us to live in.

2. It Benefits Your Career Prospects
This provides us with the chance to improve skills important for a workplace, such as communication and organizational skills, teamwork, planning, problem-solving and task management.

3. Community Service Raises Social Awareness
Reading or hearing about issues is not quite the same as getting personally involved. It brings you closer to families and individuals in need, gives you firsthand experience and understanding of the conditions they are in.

4. Community Service Establishes Contacts and Friendships
The easiest way to make friends is through activities you perform together. This benefit is especially important if you are new in an area. In addition, you could invite your existing friends to do community service with you and through it, further strengthen your relationship and have fun at the same time.

5. Community Service Helps Improve Your Skills
Volunteering might help shy and quiet individuals with this issue as it offers lots of opportunities to meet and work with various people. Thus, it is a valuable experience for improving and practicing how to socialize in diverse surroundings.

The team @doisng Allen Branch led by the HOS Mrs. Joy Egbona, teachers, pupils took service week a notch up by dedicating it to community outreach and boy! the turn up was fulfilling; putting smiles on people lips, clothes on their body’s, shoes on their feets and food on their tables. We were in aww of the gesture of appreciation, giving thanks to God who made provisions through good donations from our parents, students & staff.