Service Project Ideas and Links

Ideas to help get you started (let this be a launching pad to your groups creativity)

1. Create your own campaign or join one through DoSomething.org. You can choose the cause, the amount of time you have available and the type of service in which you want to participate (donations, face-to-face, events, taking a stand, etc.). For example, you can work to stop friends from texting and driving; raise awareness about domestic violence; or create activity books for children in hospitals. Volunteer on your schedule at your own pace!

2. Offer to rake leaves, shovel the walk or do housework for someone in need. You might learn something new about a neighbor or discover a new network of connections.

3. Do you sing or play a musical instrument? Volunteer to give music lessons to people in your community, or perform at local shelters or senior organizations.

4. Elder-care facilities welcome volunteer musicians, readers and crafters to lead activities or to help with technology. Not sure you have a talent to share? Ask if you can drop by regularly to chat with residents who don’t have family or frequent visitors.

5. Create a Random Acts of Kindness or Pay It Forward Program in your community. Market this to both non-profit and for-profit organizations in your community.

6. Serve your Special-Needs community by creating an event to celebrate and serve the families that work so hard to care for their loved ones.

7. Clean up your communities’ parks, streets, and neighborhoods. Collaborate with your local administration to launch a workday.

8. Create an outreach event or project that meets the needs of your community members. This could be any need from labor on their house, food and water, yard work, etc.