text: Aside from many negative effects, there are benefits out of doing community service, more than one at that. For example, most of the teenage population today spends most of their time on Facebook, or the internet mostly. Making the children have to get up and volunteer in physical activities is a good thing for them, getting active and creating a healthy life style. Why spend most of your time at home, playing video games, when you can be out in the world, meeting new people and doing new things? Not to mention, community service really makes a neighborhood shine. In other words, when people are determined to make a change in their town, it not only occupies their time, but other people's time so that they could make it better looking, for all sorts or reasons. Yes, to be honest, community service is a very important thing we need right now, but don't force labor, give these kids a chance, and make it voluntary. Let our voices be heard by an authority with power. Thank you, and goodbye.