community service
noun
: work that is done without pay to help people in a community
She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for her crime.
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Many students blindly choose a volunteer organization that has no connection to their core interests in order to rack up community service hours.
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Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
According to Orange County Superior Court records, Coronel was sentenced to three years probation, 80 hours of community service and an alcohol program in 2011 after pleading no contest to DUI.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Major sentenced Washburn to one year of unsupervised release and ordered him to perform 50 hours of community service and pay a $10 special assessment.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
In September 2011, Coronel pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge and was sentenced to 129 hours of community service.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
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Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
According to Orange County Superior Court records, Coronel was sentenced to three years probation, 80 hours of community service and an alcohol program in 2011 after pleading no contest to DUI.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Major sentenced Washburn to one year of unsupervised release and ordered him to perform 50 hours of community service and pay a $10 special assessment.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
In September 2011, Coronel pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge and was sentenced to 129 hours of community service.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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