Community Service Ordered (CSO)
Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario will consider welcoming adults age 18 or older to complete their court ordered community service hours at a Habitat ReStore.
To complete CSO hours, you must be referred and screened by one of our partner agencies: St. Leonard’s, Community Options or Salvation Army. These organizations support individuals facing volunteer hours that have been appointed by court orders, diversion programs, and/or probationary agencies.
Any other referring organization or individual must receive approval by Renee VanderHarst, Manager, Volunteer Services,
rvanderharst@Habitat4Home.ca; 519-759-8600 ext. 528
This may include, at any time in the process, a request to submit a current police check.
HFHHO will not accept a community service ordered volunteer who is currently charged with, plead guilty to, convicted of, or have been sentenced to:
- Murder
- Assault (including but not limited to simple assault, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault)
- Kidnapping
- Arson
- Sexual offences
- Human trafficking offences
- Weapons offences
- Theft, Fraud or Possession offences involving a value over $5000.
- Break and Entering
- Drug trafficking
- A criminal offence against a person(s) or property that is based solely, or in part, upon the victim’s race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
- Any offence involving a young person or a member of the vulnerable population which includes those who cannot easily protect, defend, or assert themselves, permanently or temporarily, because of age, disability, or circumstances.
*The above list is not all encompassing and HHFHO reserves the right to consider individuals and offenses on a case-by-case basis.
If you click ‘Continue’, you acknowledge that your community service hours do not violate this policy.
Hours completed at the ReStore will be voided if this policy is breached.
