11 Ways to Give This Holiday Season

Looking for a way to give back this holiday season? No worries, we've got you covered.  And even better – these are activities you’d probably be doing anyways...but now you can do them for a cause! 

1. If you like to act: Offer to perform a skit at the local tree lighting in your neighborhood, city, town, or borough.
2. If you like to sing:  You could go caroling in a hospital or nursing home. 
3. If you like to play a musical instrument: Auction off a few tickets for a certain number of holiday performances that will go to the charity of your choice. 
4. If you like to dance: Stage a Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa charity dance performance benefitting a worthy local organization.
5. If you like to decorate/paint/take photos: Decorate a hospital ward, children's ward, or nursing home with garlands, snowflakes, etc.  If you like to paint, decorate with holiday themed paintings.  If you’re a photographer, take holiday-themed photographs.
6. If you like to cook: Bake cookies or brownies (or something fancier if you have the time!) to bring to your local police station or firehouse. 
7. If you like to play sports: Run or walk in a Christmas/Christmas Eve race.  There are many runs taking place this time of year and a lot of the time proceeds go to a charity. 
8. If you like to write: Hold a holiday themed poetry or short story reading at a local nursing home or hospital.
9. If you like to read: Read classic children’s literature such as The Night Before Christmas or Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins for children at your local library, or at the children’s ward of a hospital. 
10. If you like to play on computers: help your grandparents get wired.
11. If you like to make crafts: donate a craft (like a handmade bracelet or teddy bear) to a toy drive.  

Volunteer at a soup kitchen this holiday season. GO