Easy Ideas
- Bring and swap healthy snacks with friends at lunch
- Teach kids about healthy eating by making pizzas that look like faces using colorful veggies
- When you donate to an organization, find out where the money goes and make sure the organization supports your values.
- See if there are enough water fountains in your school or local park. If not, campaign for change
- Re-decorate your cafeteria with healthy eating art work
- Play a video game that gives back: head to www.gamesthatgive.net
- Put on a presentation making smoothies at your school and teach about healthy eating at the same time
- Grab some chalk and decorate your driveway with a new colorful picture of fruit or veggie every day to inspire passersby
Action Guides
- 11 ways to reduce pollution at home
- Produce your very own mini-documentary about healthy living in your community.
- Organize a letter writing campaign
- Talk to your sexually active friends about the risks
- March Madness Fundraising
- The signs of eating disorders
- Start a Do Something Club at your school
- 11 ways to Do Something (good) on Halloween
- Healthy Bake Sale
- Sign up for text messages about volunteer opportunities
- Meals on Wheels
- Organize a Benefit Concert for your cause
- Create a healthy living cookbook
- 11 ways to do something with your family
- Discuss with your friends all ways you can get an STD
- Volunteer to help a youth team or after school program in your town.
- Write a Letter to Change Your School's Dining Services
- Wear a button on your jacket or bag to publicize your cause
- Produce a brochure about healthy living
- Shop and donate to Do Something automatically!
- Organize an Art Show to support your cause
- Organize a blood drive
- Green the greenery at your next school dance!
- Get a health food vending machine put in your school
- Start an awareness campaign about your cause at your school or in your neighborhood
- Start a blog or video blog about your cause