Service
How to Report Service Hours
Download the Suitable app and login with your SIUE credentials. There are two ways you can record your service:
Before you can begin, be sure that you are in The Pursuit side of Suitable–not Engage.
- Search for the monthly “Service Hours” activity, and fill out the associated form. This method will allow you to earn points for your service and is offered once a month.
- Search for the form "JMHP Service Hours Submission AY 26-27". You can find it in the forms tab. Fill out the form and submit. This method does not accrue Suitable points.
Both methods record your service hours. The monthly activity awards points to encourage you to continue your service throughout the academic year.
What is Service?
Service is time and effort that you freely give, without compensation, for the primary purpose of benefiting other people, a community, or a public or nonprofit cause.
Not every activity that “helps someone” counts as service. Work that primarily supports a business or helps an individual or organization earn a profit is not community service, even if you are unpaid.
For example, helping at a food pantry, volunteering at a nonprofit community event, or cleaning up a public park would count as service. Working an unpaid shift for a business, helping a family friend with their store, or volunteering at a for-profit company's promotional event generally does not.
A useful test is to ask:
Who primarily benefits from my work?
If the primary benefit is to the community, people in need, or a public or nonprofit cause, it may qualify as service. If the primary benefit is to a private business or someone's commercial interests, it does not.
