60 Ways to Better Your Community

Ideas for Community Service Projects: How Can I Help?

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Whether it’s reconstructing a

playground, visiting an elderly home, or clearing trash from a nearby creek, a
community service project is an excellent way to bring about change on a small,
intimate level. But before grabbing the work gloves, make sure that your project
has a specific focus. Here are some ideas to help get the project started.

Neighborhood Enhancement
1. Help people paint and repair their homes.
2. Volunteer to clean up trash around a neighborhood.
3. Create a mural that depicts values of your community.
4. Set up an art exhibit at a local business, sell the creations, and use the
money to fund a cause in your community.
5. Collect supplies for persons who have been victims of a fire or other disaster.
6. Plant a community garden.
7. Organize a campaign to raise money with SignUpGenius Payments for new
playground equipment, or reconstruct the playground yourself.
8. Share your skills! Volunteer to teach a class at a community center.
9. When fall comes around, distribute leaf bags and offer to assist
neighbors with raking their yards.
10. Campaign for additional lighting along poorly lit streets.

Special Needs
1. Volunteer at a Special Olympics event.
2. Work with kids who have special needs on an art project.
3. Set up a buddy system with the special needs program at your school.
4. Raise money with SignUpGenius Payments to purchase Braille books, large
print books, or other needed materials for the special needs program at a local
school or community center.
5. Make gifts with friends for kids in the hospital. Distribute Valentines,
Halloween candy, or Christmas treats/toys.
6. Build a ramp for a person in a wheelchair to make their house more
accessible.
7. Volunteer to read books or newspapers to those who are visually impaired.
8. Visit a local care center to learn more about those with special needs, and

ask how you can help.

9. Recruit some friends or a class to help set up a library at a children’s
hospital.
10. Create a pamphlet that includes helpful tips concerning the respect of and
interaction with people who have special needs.

Senior Citizens
1. Adopt a “grandfriend”. Write them letters, call them, and visit often.
2. Gather friends and create a “shop squad” to pick up groceries and medicine
for elderly.
3. Deliver meals to homebound individuals.
4. Gather family and friends and organize a summer songfest or play to perform
at a nursing home.
5. For the holidays, go caroling, bring (easy-to-eat) treats, or just go and visit
senior citizens.
6. Offer to read to people.
7. Provide your local nursing home or library with more large-print books.
8. Teach a senior how to use a computer or the Internet.
9. Call up elderly people who live alone to check if they need anything.
10. Volunteer to do general home maintenance for a senior citizen.

Homeless and/or Hungry

1. Help cook/serve meals at a homeless shelter.
2. Throw a birthday party for children who are homeless at a local shelter.
3. Organize a free, public nutrition awareness campaign.
4. Gather combs, toothbrushes, shampoo, razors, etc. to make “I Care” kits for
people who are homeless.
5. Take children who are homeless on outings to a movie, zoo, or other fun
location.
6. Hold a book drive and donate the proceeds to the shelter, and then hold a
read-a-thon or give a class on basic reading skills.
7. Donate art supplies to the local shelter.
8. Offer to repair or alter clothes for people who are homeless.
9. Campaign to create a nursery in your local shelter, or help maintain an
existing one.
10. Always keep a few granola bars on hand!
Animals
1. Volunteer at your local animal shelter.
2. Gather newspapers and give to a local animal shelter.
3. Learn about raising and training a pet to give to a disable person, and
consider whether it is an option for you and your family.
4. Visit and volunteer at a local aviary, zoo, or wild animal rehabilitation center.
5. Organize a community dog wash, and donate the proceeds to organizations
that aid animals.
6. Locate homes and shelters for abandoned pets.
7. Start a Chow Drive for the community to donate food and toys to a local
shelter.
8. Offer dog-walking services to those who can’t (or won’t) give their pets the
proper amount of exercise.
9. Take pictures or videos of pets that are in the pound and use them when
organizing a supplies drive.
10. Adopt a pet! Or, if this is not an option, volunteer to become a temporary
foster parent for a pet in the pound.

Environment
1. Clean up trash from a local outdoor space.
2. Organize a hike or nature walk with friends, and bring bags to collect trash
along the trails. Click here for an example sign up.
3. Have fun with creating homemade paper out of used paper with friends (It’s
easy, fun, and green!)
4. Grow your own vegetables, fruits, and herbs in an organic garden, and
encourage others to do the same.
5. Instead of using the car, choose the healthy route and bike to your next
location. Burn energy, not gasoline!
6. Choose a family “energy watchdog” to shut off lights, television, and dripping
sinks when not in use.
7. Switch your current Internet home page to an energy-saving one, such as
Google’s “Blackle”, and turn down the computer screen brightness level as well.
(It’s unhealthy for both the environment and your eyes.)
8. Create a children’s nature garden. Create a path, label plants and trees, and
schedule guided tours.
9. Purchase recycled products as opposed to generic ones.
10. When buying food or drinks of any kind, it is better to stick to a large jug or
tub as opposed to a collection of individually packaged goods.

As you put on those work gloves, keep in mind that SignUpGenius is an

invaluable tool that can be used to organize events of any sort. We appreciate
your efforts to change the world, one step at a time!

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Posted by Jawad Ahmed on Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:53 AM EST

Based on the situation in my country, and condition of poorly managed
hospitals, we at The Aman Foundation engaging our employees and volunteer
spent a day cleaning and beautifying a government operated hospital. You can
check our FB page of how the society benefited from this.

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Mbikoyo,
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the top of the page. In order to volunteer with a particular group on our site you
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support team from the "Help" tab at the top of the page so we can assist you
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Posted by Karen Bark on Tue Sep 2, 2014 7:56 PM EST

I am trying to find fun ways to Fundraise.
Thanx for so many great ideas

Posted by annonymous annonymous on Tue Jul 8, 2014 11:35 AM EST

make gift baskets for hospital patients with toiletries, games, books and
magazines, radeos, pillows, clothing etc. take them there and visit

Posted by kristen alfonso on Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:31 AM EST

you can also add camping for the blind

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Posted by Kenzie Martin on Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:33 AM EST

Well this is helpful but what if you cant do any of this stuff.... Is there anything
you could do just for your neighborhood?

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Posted by Angel Rutledge on Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:05 PM EST

Thanks, Sylva! We're glad to hear the site and this article are helpful as you
serve through IIMAC Nonprofit Org.

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founder of IIMAC NOnprofit Org.

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