What opportunities do you have available?

There are many opportunities for youth to get involved in understanding and supporting your organization’s mission. Sometimes you have to be creative! Please consider the following descriptions of typical youth service projects and then provide details on the types of service projects that youth could do for your organization.

• Run a Collection/Drive (coordinate a drive among friends, family, or classmates to collect and donate items needed by the organization)
• Hands on Work (such as gardening, stocking pantry shelves, cleaning, etc…)
• Write Letters/Cards (such as to seniors, veterans, and children with serious illness)
• Advocacy/Awareness Campaigns (make posters, pass out flyers, and hold an awareness event)
• Support an event (such as helping to setup or coordinate an organizations event or participate in a Run/Walk)

Organize a fundraiser (such as a Run/Walk, a bake sale, a car wash, etc..)

Activity & Brief Description:  Cards or letters.

Letting residents update residents on kid things and asking residents about themselves, possible pen pals. Also, decorations made for doors on holidays or for room. Cookie trays painted to hang on walls to put magnets on for notes and pictures.

Activity & Brief Description:  Drives.

To collect soft blankets, socks, housecoats, undershirts, etc. to drop off to residents in need.

Activity & Brief Description:  3^rd Party Fundraising

Car washes, bake sales, candy bar sales, etc. to donate funds to either restricted or unrestricted fund in our organization (if you want funds to go for whatever needed or resident needs only)