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Plant a tree. Put a tip in a tip jar. Recycle bottles and donate the proceeds to a special cause. Donate hair to an organization that makes wigs for kids who have cancer. Choose toys at the mall ...
- Without Leaving Your School. Pack Backpacks - Your students can pack backpacks with school supplies to give to less privileged schools around your city.
- Outside the Classroom. Read to Seniors - Head to a local nursing home and have your students practice their reading skills by reading to the residents. Take a Walk - Walk around your school’s campus (or even travel to another location) and pick up trash, making it beautiful!
- Year-Round Projects. Book Buddies - Partner with another class and create a book buddies system, where older children can help younger children practice their reading skills.
- One-Time Large Projects. Performance - If your students enjoy music or acting, coordinate with another school or preschool to bring in students to watch a performance!
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- General Ideas. Donate or raise money for your local Red Cross. Organize a community blood drive. Send cards to soldiers serving overseas. For your next birthday, ask for charitable donations instead of gifts.
- Helping Children and Schools. Tutor children during or after school. Donate stuffed animals to children in hospitals. Organize games and activities for children in hospitals or who are visiting hospitalized relatives.
- Helping Senior Citizens. Read to residents at a nursing home. Deliver groceries and meals to elderly neighbors. Teach computer skills to the elderly. Drive seniors to doctor appointments.
- Helping Animals and the Environment. Take care of cats and dogs at an animal shelter. Clean up a local park. Raise money to provide a bulletproof vest for a police dog.
- Discover volunteer opportunities. Volunteering lies at the heart of many service learning projects, and the activities are pretty much endless. Check out our whole list of 50 volunteer opportunities for kids here.
- Take the 30 Days of Service Challenge. This challenge not only brings service learning to the forefront of every day, it also exposes kids to a variety of service activities.
- Support a park. Start by taking a field trip to a nearby local, state, or national park. Explore what it has to offer, but also consider what it needs to be even better.
- Run a food drive. ADVERTISEMENT. Food insecurity remains a major issue in our country, and organizing a food drive is a classic service learning project. Visit Feeding America to find organizations that need your help.
- General Ideas. Here are some general community service examples if you aren’t set on volunteering with a particular group or organization: Start or participate in a fundraiser to donate to a charitable cause.
- Assisting Children and Teens. Whether you’re interested in working with children in the future or simply feel the most connected to the youth in your community, there are several ways to help address their needs
- Assisting the Homeless. If you’d like to promote more inclusion and empathy in your society, consider participating in the following community service projects that focus on assisting the homeless
- Assisting Seniors. Seniors have and continue to make up a large percentage of the volunteer force. For as long as they’re able to, a large percentage of seniors dedicate their time to giving back to their community.
Mar 6, 2020 · Problem-solving – the application of concepts and knowledge to practice in new contexts. Communication skills – effective written, oral and visual communication. Teamwork – working collaboratively with others, especially across difference and diversity. Responsibility – exercise well-reasoned judgement and taking ownership of learning.
School Volunteering Ideas. Become a peer tutor. Join a community service club, such as the Key Club or the Sparrow Club, and participate in volunteer projects. Help a teacher decorate his or her classroom. Volunteer to be a teacher’s aide. Donate leftover food from the school cafeteria to a food bank.
