Ideas for Community and Service Projects
In School Ideas
 Helping teachers/staff after school
 Adopt a classroom (cleaning on a weekly or monthly basis)
Out of School Ideas (you can not receive payment for your volunteer hours)
 BUILDING
o Habitat for Humanity (www.habitat.org)
 ENVIRONMENT CARE and CLEAN-UP
o Adopt-A-Highway/Street
o Adopt-A-Park
o Organize a neighborhood beautification project
o Yard work for neighbors (rake, mow, plant, shovel, weed)
o Great River Greening
 HUMAN SERVICES
o Adopt-A-Grandfriend in a local nursing home
o Bag groceries at a local grocery store (contact store manager)
o Childcare for neighbors
o Goodwill (www.goodwill.org)
o Local hospital volunteers
o Salvation Army Volunteer Services (www.thesalarmy.com)
o Special Olympics (www.specialolympics.org)
 HUNGER PROJECTS
o C.R.O.S.S. (Christian Reaching Out Social Services)
o Feed My Starving Children (www.mfsc.org)
o Feeding Children International (www.feedingchildren.org)
o FreeRice (www.freerice.com)
 PET CARE
o Animal Humane Society (www.animalhumanesociety.org)
o Bake dog biscuits for animal shelter
o Walk dogs
 VOLUNTEER WEBSITES
o www.ccspm.org (Catholic Charities)
o www.greenguardian.com
o www.hungersolutions.org
o www.volunteermatch.org
o www.volunteertwincities.org
o www.greatrivergreening.org
Please keep in mind that some projects have an age requirement, or require
parental involvement.