[sdflkd]

Where you choose to help out is up to you?

[ferongr]

That's not the meaning behind the word "volunteering".

[sdflkd]

You are 100% correct and it's actually 40 hours of mandatory community involvement. [1] Everyone around me just called it volunteer hours and I co-opted it. Thank you for pointing it out. :)

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/124a.html