One Year

How To: Set Up a Babysitting Program to Help Teen Moms

Teen playing with young child

Only 1/3 of teen mothers earn high school diplomas. Set up a babysitting program that allows teen moms extra time to study and pursue goals that will benefit them and their child.

How To: Start a Wheelchair Basketball Team

Basketball Wheelchair

Don’t let people with disabilities feel like they’re missing out on sports. Start a wheelchair basketball squad and make every player feel like LeBron James!

Action Tips: Lead Games for Homeless Children

Tennis Ball

What can be more fun than spending a day playing games with kids? Nothing! Search the internet for a homeless shelter in your area and ask if you and your  volunteers can come in and lead activities for the children at the shelter. 

Hankie Hop

What you need: two handkerchiefs or tissues

Action Tips: Build a Memorial for the Troops

memorial for the troops

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

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Action Tips: Lead an Inclusive Group

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:

How To: Compost

compost

Throwing a banana peel out the car window doesn't mean that it will decompose naturally. Plant remains and other once-living materials that made it to the city or towns need to be recycled in a systematic way. Enriching garden soil and reduce the amount of garbage sent to landfills through composting.

How To: Host locally grown snack stands

snack stand

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

Action Tips: Host a Safe Driving Contest

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:

How To: Organize a Meal Program for Cancer Patients

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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.

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