Work at an animal shelter
Raise money for an animal shelter
Match animals in shelters with families
Care for a neighbor's pet
Write to companies protesting animal testing
Make and sell identification tags for dogs and cats
Read to or tutor younger children
Organize a mitten drive for needy children
Visit sick children
Organize a book drive to give books to children
Organize after-school activities for latchkey kids
Organize a lost animal search group
Organize a voter registration drive
Support an important piece of legislation
Organize a community poison control campaign
Mow a senior neighbor's lawn
Renovate an abandoned house
Beautify a playground
Clean up a stream bed
Paint and repair the homes of senior citizens or low-income residents
Start a petition for necessary traffic signals
Make your neighborhood safer
Paint over graffiti
Read to seniors
Shop for seniors
Do odd jobs for seniors
Organize an "adoption" program for lonely elders
Teach computer skills to seniors
Lead an exercise program for seniors
Rake leaves or shovel snow for seniors
Clean up litter at school or in the neighborhood
Organize a recycling drive
Plant trees
Raise money to improve a playground or park, or to repair a sidewalk
Grow a school garden
Help a community that has been impacted by a natural disaster
Create a presentation for how to handle health or crime emergencies
Set up prevention groups to patrol neighborhoods
Coordinate an afterschool hotline
Organize a bike, rollerblade, scooter, or car seat safety demonstration
Develop and teach a babysitting course
Organize a community health fair
Collect food, toiletries, or clothing for the homeless
Work at a soup kitchen
Collect and distribute blankets
Collect toys for shelters
Organize ethnic awareness days
Tutor people whose second language is English
Encourage sites around town to become wheelchair accessible
Help people with special needs
Develop a peer conflict mediation program
Sing in a retirement home
Plant flowers in a park
Pick up trash in your neighborhood
Make posters on good nutrition for the school cafeteria
Help with a safety program for your class
Collect food and blankets for the homeless shelter
Help with a summer reading program at the library
Collect and take books to a local hospital
Make and take greeting cards to older persons you know
Start a coat drive for those who may be cold this winter
Collect grocery receipts to earn a computer for your school
Collect lots of pennies to donate to a good cause
Collect newspapers, cans and bottles for recycling
Help run a bicycle safety checkup
Collect toys in good condition to give to others
Help coordinate a city garden
Coordinate and do landscaping, cleaning and raking leaves for the city
To beautify city: perform major home chores, such as: painting houses, putting up storm windows, moving heavy items, doing construction, making wheelchair ramps
Coordinate with parks and tourism offices to work on recreation projects
Volunteer with state and local parks to build shelters and camps, repair trails or create play areas for children
Establish partnerships for latchkey children and seniors in your school district
Help the city fire department conduct safety check of homes of senior citizens
Research the impact of past and possible future natural disasters, such as tornadoes and floods and compile a booklet for the public
Participate in disaster relief efforts
Participate in blood drives
Work in a food pantry
Create a brochure or slide show about your community from a youth’s perspective
