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Service Project Ideas SPEAK UP PROJECTS Learn how to e-mail your government representatives and do so regularly! Join your PTA Go meet with your Congressman Call the City to volunteer to serve on a committee Write a letter to the editor about an issue you feel passionately about Organize a political forum to meet candidates and discuss issues Go talk to your city councilman Organize your neighborhood for emergency preparedness Organize your neighborhood into a Neighborhood Watch group Use blogs, Facebook and Twitter to spread your opinions VOTE EVERY TIME ON ISSUES YOU HAVE STUDIED FIRST!! FUNDRAISERS Have sponsors sign up for book-reading marathon Have a birthday party where people donate for causes Giant Charity Garage or rummage sale – donate proceeds Bake sale Service sale – off range of services, donate whatever they want to pay Car wash Dinner or performance Cleaning marathon – get sponsors and go clean a park, roadside, etc. Boutique – especially crafts, holiday stuff, etc. Run a concession stand Organize a run/walk/bike ride for charity Sell painted rocks from children Frame children’s art and hold an art auction Hold a “dog wash” to raise money for a local animal shelter Recycle all your cans and bottles and donate the money to a charity COLLECT PROJECTS Take food once a month to a foodbank – this can be a fun one-time scavenger hunt too Diaper drive for food bank or shelters Have a birthday party where people bring donations Collect children’s toys for a women’s shelter, orphanage – clean them and deliver Save all your change all year and just before Christmas, give them to a charity or homeless shelter (cash them in first!) Save your magazines and donate them Take used books to a homeless shelter Give your old children’s books to your school Collect magazines and books for shelters, after school or summer low income tutoring programs Collect CDs and DVDs for shelters, hospitals, schools, or military Collects used clothing/items for Salvation Army/Deseret Industries or other organization Collect sports equipment for shelters or possibly Big Brothers/Sisters Collect suits/dresses for women’s transitional housing (they also need briefcases and pantyhose!) Collect jeans for teens Collect unused eyeglasses and donate them Collect gift cards and donate to shelters, foster youth, etc. Collect old towels and money for pet food. Deliver to an animal shelter. Develop a community garden and donate the food to a food bank or the needy Collect coffee grounds for community garden compost Collect unused toiletries from hotels to donate Collect coats and blankets to give to the local shelter Collect new toys for the cancer ward of your children’s hospital. Hold a crayon and coloring book drive for an underprivileged daycare. Collect expired coupons for military bases - http://www.grocerysavingtips.com/p/military- family.html Collect story books from your neighborhood and take them to a daycare that serves underprivileged children. MAKE PROJECTS Contact a fire station and ask how many beds they have. Make and deliver quilts for the beds (using sheets and tying - easy.) and/or bake chocolate chip cookies. They would LOVE that!! Make and deliver sack lunches to the homeless Bake cookies or bring snacks to the police or other community service workers. Bake cookies or bring snacks to teachers or after school care programs for low-income families. Make T-shirt dresses Knit stocking caps and/or blankets and deliver to a cancer clinic. Crochet an afghan for babies Crochet hats for kids in other countries Cook and deliver a meal to a widower Contact local military base – make letters/cards for them Ronald McDonald House – make dinner for families Make placemats for nursing homes, Meals on Wheels or soup kitchens Make handmade birthday and holiday cards for nursing homes, Meals on Wheels or soup kitchens recipients (Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day). Arrange to deliver during meal times so you can just visit with people. Make CDs with singing or performing and give out to needy Make hygiene kits – donate to shelters Make baby layettes – donate to local Life Choices Counseling centers Make quilts – easiest is two sheets, batting in middle, tie with yarn Make book bags or simple backpacks Make quillows – quilts that fold up to a pillow (directions on the internet) Make TLC kits – small bags with goodies – lotions, books, jewelry – for women’s shelters Make kid packs – small bags with kid’s items for shelters Make bedrolls (use two old ties, an old blanket, and a square of fabric to make a pocket), etc. Make birthday cards for seniors, shut-ins, nursing homes Make a “New Kid” survival kit for new kids starting schools Make a book bag, put in a book and a CD of you reading the book and donate to schools Make double-sided easels and donate overseas or local schools/shelters Make pillowcases for children in pediatric unit of hospital Make clothes for stillborn babies Make heart pillows for heart patients to support chest when coughing Make small pillows for mastectomy patients to put under arm Make birthday bags for food bank – cake mix, frosting, candles, streamers, balloons Make welcome home kits for Habitat for Humanity Make toys, sewing projects, Christmas gifts for Kids on the Move (early intervention, Autism) Make Comfort kits for the Red Cross Make book bags, kids tote backpacks for the Boys and Girls Club Make birthday and or holiday cards for seniors, decorate placemats for Meals on Wheels Make kits for the homeless - Ziploc bags with crackers, gum, note, a bottle of water, hand wipes, toiletries, a travel size deodorant and shampoo, and a pair of socks etc. Keep them in your car and give to people collecting money at intersections. Design and laminate bookmarks to leave in the local library Create uplifting tissue box covers and donate with a tissue box Make a service jar – do a service, take a candy out DO PROJECTS Contact the Red Cross to sign up and volunteer Run a blood drive Donate blood regularly or donate plasma Sign up to be a bone marrow donor or organ donor (see online) Do a reading time at your local school, library or shelter Read books for the blind or read and record books for them to hear later Visit a low-income daycare to read to the children or do craft time. Volunteer for the Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts – and perhaps help out on a district level Have a birthday party where people randomly or as an organized activity volunteer Good works bracelets distribution – get a charm when you finish doing a service Help out in your child’s classroom at school Volunteer in your local hospital. See if you can go to the children's sections and read stories Contact the city to ask about low-income housing. Offer to go in and do a craft class for the children. A neat one is for them to make their own book - they do the pages. You staple the middle and voila! If you have a professional career, volunteer for a mentor group like SCORE Contact your local service club (Rotary, Kiwanis, Soroptimists, Elks, Lions) and volunteer Hold an art camp or dance camp for under privileged children for a week during the summer Tutor students at your community center Become a mentor for an adolescent – just call your school district to volunteer Attend the ballet recital, choir program, or art show of a child who needs a little extra attention Attend a ballgame of children whose mom or dad is deployed with the military Invite a service man/woman for dinner or a holiday Write letters to the Military and mail them to Operation Gratitude, 17330 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406 Do a “We appreciate the Custodian!” activity Organize a Make a Difference Day (it’s national, in October) or a Thank You week Help with repairs at local shelter or church Plan a Memorial Day, Veterans Day program or other veterans’ recognition/appreciation event Take a CPR course – better yet, organize one for a group! Hold events for nonprofits – having a dinner for them (doesn’t have to be fundraising) is great! Volunteer to help at a Special Olympics Holiday parties at special needs, children’s homes, senior centers Librarian appreciation – invite them to an event in their honor or take them TLC things Write notes/letters of encouragement to missionaries or a missionary family from your church. Help box canned goods for the local food bank Contact a local thrift store and ask to help sort donated items. Clean out closets and donate gently used clothing, toys, games, and books to the social services department for foster kids to use. Grow your hair out to donate to www.locksoflove.org or www.pantene.com Clean out old DVDs to give to a children’s hospital or shelter Contact Habitat for Humanity and volunteer (they have a website). Call the School District and ask if you can go clean up around a school. Take hoes, shovels, rakes, gloves and do some REAL clean-up work. Contact the City and ask if you can adopt a park. Go in and clean it up and plant flowers! Buy lots of flowers (6-packs at a plant nursery). Go to seniors’ homes and plant flowers. We did this one at night as a surprise for all the seniors and they were absolutely delighted. Just show up with bags of dirt and flowers and have at it! Paint park benches, fences, or a senior’s home Clean up a beach or riverbed Plant a tree Plant native flowers in public places Clean up a Cemetery Clear brush for a fire department Clean or do yard work for an elderly neighbor, someone in need or disabled Mow the grass of a neighbor who is out of town Pick up trash and pull weeds at a local park or community center Plant your own or help with a community a vegetable garden.
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