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is there a difference between community service and volunteering?
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They both mean that you are giving your time to a cause for free, meaning unpaid work, however community service is not usually voluntary.
Community service is often a requirement imposed on a person by a school, their parents, the court system or other persons of authority. Yes you are still helping a cause, but it technically isn't volunteering because you would not be doing it if you were not being required to.
Examples would be: 1) a high school government class requiring all students do community service for a political party campaign. If you do not complete the set number of hours your grade will be reduced by 10%. 2) A childs' parents want their child to be more compassionate toward others and learn to be thankful for the things they have. The child is required to do community service at a soup kitchen every Saturday afternoon. 3) A person commits a lesser crime and the judge sentences them to 100hrs of community service. If they do not complete the community service they will go to jail.
When you are volunteering for a cause you are doing so of your own choosing without any worry of punishments or rewards. You feel strongly about something and want to offer your time or services to help. You choose to devote that time to volunteering rather than being with your friends or sitting around watching tv or whatever else you could be doing.
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no, it is the same thing
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No, when you volunteer you are doing community service hours because you are not getting paid.
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