Highlights student-athlete spending time with children during a community service activity

Highlights · Developing Athletes

Community Service

Service experiences that build empathy, leadership and responsibility while connecting athletes with the communities around them.

What we do

Built into the complete journey

Highlights uses community service as a practical part of leadership development. Athletes learn to contribute, collaborate and recognize their responsibility beyond sport. Participation can be documented as part of the athlete's complete development record. The emphasis is on showing up with purpose, working respectfully with others and reflecting on what service teaches about empathy, initiative and the role an athlete can play within a wider community.

What athletes develop

  • Organized service activities
  • Participation and hours tracking
  • Reflection and leadership
  • Contribution beyond the field

How it connects

Community participation builds the character and personal responsibility that support leadership, family trust and readiness for life beyond competition.

Community service

Current opportunities live on the Highlights GivePulse group. Signing up there does not add hours automatically — only verified participation counts.

Explorar oportunidades de voluntariado en GivePulse(opens in a new tab)

Your next step

Build the complete athlete pathway

Apply to begin a conversation with Highlights, or explore approved athlete profiles in the public roster.