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Community Service

Service & Action Ideas

Tired of doing the same old thing and looking for a new and interesting challenge? The list below will provide you with some ideas for investigating your next Service as Action activity!

General Ideas:

  • Send cards to soldiers serving overseas.
  • Read books or letters to a person who is visually impaired.
  • Organize a fundraiser basketball game and donate proceeds to a local charity
 

Helping Children and Schools:

  • Tutor children during or after school
  • Collect clothing and donate them to a local organization
  • Collect used sports equipment to donate to families or after-school programs
  • Assist an athletic coach or sports program
  • Organize an event to help students make new friends
 

Helping Animals and the Environment:

  • Take care of cats and dogs at an animal shelter
  • Organize a recycling contest at school
  • Build and set up a bird house
  • Volunteer at the Horticulture center
 

Helping the Hungry and/or Homeless:

  • Help organize and sort donations at a homeless shelter
  • Volunteer at a soup kitchen
  • Organize a food drive and donate items to a local shelter
 

Promoting Safety:

  • Create a public service announcement (Posters, Slideshow, YouTube video, Webinar, Podcast, etc.) against drug & alcohol abuse, bullying, profanity, littering, texting & hate crimes, and many more...
 

Web Resources-

http://www.layouth.com/volunteering/