One Summer

Every year, hundreds of soldiers sacrifice their lives to protect our country. Commemorate their efforts than to make a local memorial.

Whether you are doing a simple game or teaching an entire play or musical to your group, doing something that includes your classmates with and without disabilities is great. Here are some things you might encounter in inclusive activities and how you should address the situation:

Give consumers the option to eat locally grown food at your next school sports game or event.

Teach your classmates the basic tips of safe driving by hosting a contest. The competition will motivate drivers and passengers to improve the driving environment in the car and to remember certain safety methods even after the event is over.

Have a prize

Create incentive for students to participate. Consider prizes like:

When a parent is battling cancer, dinner seems more difficult to make for the family. Organize a meal program amongst your neighbors for the community members that are battling cancer.

Grow a garden at your school to encourage healthy eating and to reduce how much fuel is used to get food to consumers.

Cholera may not be a problem in your parents' neighborhood, but as soon you hop a plane to volunteer in a developing country, you'll need to start thinking about it. How do you make sure that you and nobody else in the community you are working in contracts it?

Kids in hospitals can always use a volunteer to lift their spirits. Use your artistic creativity to make the child’s hospital stay more interesting.

Choose your art

Decide on what you’ll perform. If you’re going solo you can:

• Play guitar or keyboard
• Perform magic tricks
• Read from a book
• Perform a monologue

Better yet, get friends or classmates together so that you can:

Every year 10,000 people need a bone marrow transplant. Only 4 out of 10 will receive the transplant they need. Adding people to the Be The Match Registry® helps increase survival. Also, registering only requires donors to swab their cheeks and to be ready when they're called. Organize a bone marrow registry drive for donors over 18 years old (but you don't have to be 18 to organize it!).

We asked our Facebook users for the most fun (and sometimes funniest) ways to volunteer with senior citizens. Cause you know, activities like BINGO are pretty funny. Here are the favorites:

At the senior center or retirement home...