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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Owner Carmenza Moreno said in a news release the new Eastchase location will create about 100 local jobs and continue the company’s tradition of community service.
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Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Along with organizing car shows, the club focuses on community service.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 4 Dec. 2025
Later, a judge ordered him to complete anger-management classes, take a Harvard negotiation course and complete 80 hours of community service.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
McGrath received the national Justice Department Director’s Award in 2016 for helping develop the California Southern District’s Diversion Program, which lets some defendants avoid incarceration by completing drug or mental health treatment, community service or restitution.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
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Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Along with organizing car shows, the club focuses on community service.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 4 Dec. 2025
Later, a judge ordered him to complete anger-management classes, take a Harvard negotiation course and complete 80 hours of community service.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
McGrath received the national Justice Department Director’s Award in 2016 for helping develop the California Southern District’s Diversion Program, which lets some defendants avoid incarceration by completing drug or mental health treatment, community service or restitution.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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