Every four years, our calendar gives us one extra day. Why not use that extra day to help your community? Here are 29 ideas to do just that.
- Help Cook and/or Serve a Meal at a Homeless Shelter
- Gather clothing from you and your neighbors to donate to a local shelter
- Pack and hand out food The Food Bank
- Visit Senior Citizens at a nursing home
- Deliver meals to homebound individuals with Meals on Wheels
- Teach a senior friend how to use a computer
- Organize a Canned Goods drive
- Plant flowers in public areas that could use more color
- Bring toys to children in the cancer ward of a hospital
- Contact your local representative about key issues
- Register people to vote
- Create a campaign to encourage biking and walking
- Visit Volunteer Solutions for opportunities to serve
- Send a letter to one of America’s veterans or overseas soldiers
- Participate or Sign up for a race that supports a local charity
- Hold a door open for someone
- Donate your old computer to Teaming for Technology
- Give Blood
- Volunteer on a hotline
- Write a letter to the editor about an issue you care about
- Shop at local, family owned businesses
- Get CPR and First Aid certification
- Hold a Suitcase drive for foster children
- Coordinate a book drive
- Donate Money to United Way
- Bake cookies and bring them to your local fire or police station
- Volunteer at Hospice
- Teach a young person to read
- Clean up your neighborhood. Go for a walk and bring a plastic bag!