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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. [2]
  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 [3]

 

 

Who: 
Alone [4]
Club [5]
Congregation [6]
Family [7]
School [8]
Sports Team [9]
With Your Friends [10]
Where: 
At Home [11]
At School [12]
In Your City [13]
In Your Neighborhood [14]
Online [15]
Time: 
One Day [16]
Issues: 
Education [17]
Music Education [18]
Homelessness and Poverty [19]
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[5] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/club
[6] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/church
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/family
[8] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/school
[9] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/sports-team
[10] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/with-your-friends
[11] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/at-home
[12] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/at-school
[13] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/in-your-city
[14] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/in-your-neighborhood
[15] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/online
[16] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-day
[17] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/education
[18] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/music-education
[19] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/homelessness-and-poverty