Community Service Ideas

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1	Activity	Supplies	Description	Location	Virtual or in Person	URL (if applicable)

2	Accessory Drive	Ties, shoes and socks. People willing to sort through items	Hold a tie/ dress shoes/ dress socks drive.	schools	In person
3	Adopt a Family	Students willing to bring in money and shop for items.	Adopt a family during the holiday season and get them presents of off a list.	n/a	In person
4	Adopt a road	Posters, a road, volunteers, gloves, garbage bags, reflective vests for safety on the side of a road	Adopt a local road and host monthly clean ups where people can sign up to help clean the road.	permitted locations	In person
5	Bagged lunches for homeless shelters	lunches, notes of encouragement , volunteers	each member creates a bagged lunch with chips, treat and a sandwhich and a note of encouragment	schools/shelters	in person
6	Bake sale	Students/Parents who can bake and sell goods. A good place/ event to sell them at.	Bake and sell goods possibly during a sporting event. All proceeds go to a charity	sporting events/schools	In person
7	Beach Cleaning	Volunteers and teamwork.	Pick up trash around a nature park or beach	beaches/nature parks	In person
8	Blanket Drive	Yarn, needles, sewing machines, volunteers	Create blankets and then donate to homeless shelters and hospitals	schools/shelters	in person
9	Blessing boxes	Wood, plexiglass, paint, knob, screws, tools, a sign, donations.	Set up posts with boxes that can hold things such as canned goods and personal care items. People can take anything from it as needed, and others can donate as they wish.	schools	In person	https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/11/508931473/a-new-type-of-food-pantry-is-sprouting-in-yards-across-america
10	Blood Drive	Volunteers for donation of blood.	Donating blood.	schools/hospitals	In person
11	Book Drive	Books & volunteers	Donate old books to shelters,schools and libraries as well get volunteers to read	schools/libraries/shelters	in person
12	Book read	books& volunteers	Contact local schools to read books to kids	schools/libraries	In person
13	Buddy to a senior day	volunteers, senior homes, approval & transportation	partner with seniors and ensure they have a fun day and their requests are fulfilled	senior center	In person
14	Campus clean up	Bins, bags, gloves, trash pickers/grabbers, volunteers	Go around your school campus or another area and pick up littered items.	schools	In person
15	Canned food drive	Canned goods & volunteers	Donate canned goods to local homeless shelters along with notes of positivity	schools	in person
16	Car Wash	Hoses, nozzles, buckets, soap, water, sponges	Host a car wash and donate proceeds to charity	school or any permitted place	in person
17	Change Wars	Jars, volunteers, posters	Set up a competition between each of the homeroom classes on who can raise the most change for a charity. Have jars in every classroom where people can donate. There can be a prize to the class that donates the most.	schools	In person
18	Chapter/Club birthday	Decorations, cake, music, and a donation box.	Celebrate your chapters “birthday” by hosting a small “party“ where students bring in “presents“ such as canned goods, blankets, slightly used shoes & clothes, socks, and other essential items to donate to charities.	local chapter	In person
19	Children's book drive	Books, volunteers	Collect children's books and give them to children's hospitals. You could also have people read to the children.	schools/hospitals	In person
20	Christmas toy drive	toys, christmas decorations, volunteers	Set up a christmas tree and decorations with a box where anyone can donate toys then donate the toys to an orphanage or shelter	schools/shelters	In person
21	Clean up community	Volunteers, vest, graphlers, trash bags, flowerbeds, rocks	Have group of volunteers get together find a place and pick up trash and plant flower beds and rocks		In person
22	Collecting Pet Supplies	donated items&volunteers	get consumers to purchase extra goods or donate pet toys to donate to animal shelter	stores/shelters	in person
23	Color Run	Colors, Water, Track	Host a color run where people walk and proceeds go to organizations	anywhere permitted	In person
24	Drug-free campaign	Posters, flyers, announcements, maybe a campaign video	Organize a drug-free campaign. Raise awareness about the dangers and harm of drugs and have a pledge people can sign to not use drugs.	n/a	both
25	Food Drive	volunteers, food, boxes	Have students donate non perishable food to the school, and we can package them and send them to kids across the state that need them Volunteers learn how to sort the non perishable food donated to the shelter and help to package boxes. After a few hours, the boxes are then sent to shelters throughout the surrounding area. The food bank is always looking for volunteers.	schools/shelters	In person
26	Friendship Bracelet	volunteers, string and beads	create friendship bracelets and donate to organizations dedicated to reducing bullying	n/a	In person
27	Happy Paintings	painting supplies & volunteers	paint pictures and sell them to help improve mental health as well as donate to organizations	n/a	in person
28	Homeless Packages	clothes, food, sleeping bags, volunteers	Create packages with clothes, food, money, hygiene products, and sleeping bags to give to homeless people and get them back on their feet	schools/shelters	In person
29	Music Festival	Volunteers willing to play music	Get volunteers to play music in the community and any donations go to charity	anywhere permitted	In person
30	Note of Encouragement	paper, writing utensils (markers, pen, pencil, crayon)	Write note to soldiers, single parent, senior, homeless, anyone.	n/a	virual
31	Orphan Grain Train	Volunteers, Donated items	Could hold a drive for donations, this organization takes any type of materials and distributes them to people in need. They are always looking for volunteers and it is a great way to get service hours while helping your community.	n/a	In person
32	Packing Backpacks	Volunteers, Donated Supplies	Members of the community donate school supplies. Supplies are sorted into each backpack and given to underprivileged students at the beginning of the school.	schools	In person
33	Read to elders	volunteers, books	Read to people in nursing homes who may be lonely or bored.	retirenment homes	in person
34	Register Voters	Volunteers, registration forms	Volunteers help register people to vote if they are in some way impaired or in need of assistance.	schools	both
35	Senior Center Volunteering	volunteers & senior center	Volunteer at a senior center and fulfil requests or serve as entertainment	senior center	in person
36	Social Media for Nonprofit	Internet access, phone/computer/etc.	Find a nonprofit organization that doesn’t have a social media representation and volunteer to set one up and run the account to create awareness.	n/a	Virtual
37	Sock Design	volunteers, puffy paint, plain socks, any other fabric decorations	design socks and donate to shelters	n/a/shelters	in person
38	Soup Kitchen	volunteers	Volunteer at soup kitchen and help make food	local soup kitchen	in person
39	Special Olympics	Track, Volunteers, Water	Help host a special olympics for people with disabilities	anywhere permitted	In person
40	Suicide Prevention 5K	Volunteers, sponsors, transportation	Chapters can contact a sponsor as well as other people needed to fund and permit the race. All participants will pay a fee to join, and all proceeds will go towards the maryland youth crisis center	schools/permitted locations	both
41	Take care of animals	volunteers	Visit an animal shelter and volunteer to take care of the animals there.	animal shelter	in person
42	Thank You cards or video	Volunteers, phone w/ camera and mic, or paper, writing utensils	Create thank you cards or a video for healthcare providers letting them know you appreciate them. Parents can help find a doctor, nurse or other healthcare worker who can deliver the cards to healthcare workers.	n/a	virtual
43	Toy Drive	toys, volunteers, transportation	Donate stuffed animals, toy, and other things kids like to a local children's hospital.	children's hospital/school	in person
44	Tree Planting	volunteers, tree seeds, shovels, gloves	Potentially working alongside a nature center plant trees in places such as school communities, gardens etc.	schools/permitted places	in person
45	Tutoring	volunteers	Help kids learn through tutoring during school or after school.	school	in person
46	UNICEF trick or treat	volunteers	Collect loose change around halloween and donate it to UNICEF	schools/neighborhoods	in person
47	Volunteer at Grassroots	volunteers, transportation	Consult with the head of the Grassroots homeless shelter to have shifts to serve food to people staying there	Grassroots	In person
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