Community Service

The Library is willing to take community service workers who are age 13 and older on an individual basis that pass our screening process. Community service varies from volunteer as it is mandated vs a personal choice.

The Library takes community service for the following reasons:

Housing
School
Organizational (churches, social groups, etc)
Court-ordered

Community service time spent at the Library for schooling, housing, and organizing are usually routine tasks that range from assisting with programs, cleaning DVDs, cutting materials, and helping organize events.

Court-ordered community service usually involves more difficult tasks such as dusting, sweeping outside, shoveling snow, etc. By policy, the Library does not take court-ordered community service workers with the following offense(s):

Sexual assault or predation
Violent crimes
Grand theft

Please complete the application below if you are interested in completing you community services hours at the Mattoon Public Library. The Library Directors and Volunteer Services Coordinator reserve the right to turn anyone away for community service.

CLICK HERE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE APPLICATION!

Community Service hours

Due to high demand and monotonous work, community service can be completed in shifts up to 2 hours in duration. All community service workers are required to sign in and out of their shifts. Since these hours normally need to be turned in to another organization, a member of the Library staff must initial the time sheets or the time does not count.

The Library has its version of time sheets to keep track of community service hours. The Library will not sign sheets from other organizations. When the worker is ready to turn in their hours, the Library staff will make a copy of the sheet that the Library keeps and provide the worker with the original. All hours and notes are kept in a digital file as a backup for future use.