A Note for High School Fencers

High School Service Requirements

Many high school fencers have service requirements to graduate. Sometimes, it is really hard to balance this requirement with practice, competing, schoolwork and other commitments and interests. In addition, volunteer opportunities are not always easy to find, due to restrictions in age, travel distance, or time.

We are working to contact high schools across the US to confirm that any service hours completed under a DoGood event will satisfy the service requirement at your high school. Please check back often for an updated list of high schools that will accept DoGood service hours toward the service requirement. Of course, you can also speak to your Guidance Counselor to confirm this - we’d love to hear from you if they give you the green light!

We are happy to provide high schools with any certification that is needed to confirm your completion of service hours from a DoGood service project.

How Being a DoGooder Can Help You

We could probably write a whole paper on this! Aside from the benefits of you becoming a part of a community, learning to serve others, and all the life lessons that come along with that, being a part of DoGood is an activity that you can cite on your resume. Of course, the level of involvement is up to you: you can be a Participating Member, a Community Agent, or a Service Leader. We will take whatever time you are willing to commit to DoGood, because we know that even a small act of doing good has ripple effects that reach far into a community. But we hope that you will make doing good your priority!

Every fencer who participates in a DoGood volunteer project will appear on our website under the “Meet Our DoGooders” page. Fencers who participate in DoGood projects at five or more NACs will be designated as a “Service Leader” and will have their picture and a brief bio featured on our website. We believe that fencers who take the time to volunteer at five or more NACs are showing a genuine commitment to giving back to the community, and should be recognized for this commitment. Participation data will be maintained year over year, so that there is a historical record of your commitment to serving the community. All of this is to show the world that our fencing community is a community that cares about the people around it. It is also a tangible way for high schoolers applying to college to show their genuine interest in community service and their leadership in this area.