Everything You Wanted to
Know About Hours
(But Were Afraid to Ask)
What
is an "Hour"?
When a member of OPA assists the
university, community-at-large, the members of the sorority, or other nations,
the time taken to complete the task is declared a service hour or hours.
When contemplating service in its truest sense, we find it is the thoughtfulness
and deeds themselves which are most important. Measuring our work
in hours merely gives us some ideas of the quantity of work accomplished,
and allows us to compare chapter efforts for awards.
Types
of Hours
Project
hours:
1. Service projects
agreed to be done as a chapter
(Ex. projects discussed in meetings, Big Event, Replant)
2. Meetings in
preparation for specific projects and temporary committee meetings
(Ex. Whenever you represent OPA at a meeting to get information for a project)
Chapter
Management hours: This includes any task or time
spent on behalf of the chapter.
1. Time spent
working on any of the standing committees
(Ex. social, service, telephone, fund-raising, etc.
2. Chapter fund-raising
for chapter treasury
(Ex. car wash, making rose shop items, etc.)
3. Rush oriented
activities
(Ex. attending open house and rush meetings, providing supplies for rush,
bringing friends)
Personal
hours: Any hours done apart from the sorority or
related projects
Ex. dorm recycling,
donations to Goodwill or Phoebe's Home
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