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Serve Day Project Ideas

STEP 1: Who or what organization in the community would you like to serve?

  • Local Businesses
  • Local Churches
  • City Officials, City Hall, Senior Center
  • Street Department, Recreation Center
  • Fire Department, Police Department 
  • Electric Company, Water Works, Post Office
  • Goodwill, TESA
  • Animal Shelter
  • Students and Families
 

STEP 2: What serve opportunities best fit your interests, skills, and resources?

  • Physical Labor
  • Creative (Music, Arts, & Crafts)
  • Teaching
 

STEP 3: Decide on a project.

General Ideas

  • Host a free car wash
  • Host a free garage sale 
  • Give out free bottled water
  • Give out free donuts and coffee in town
 

Business/Service Organizations/Public Servicemen

  • Wash windows
  • Trash pick-up in parking lots
  • Coral shopping carts to designated spaces
  • Cook lunch for local police or fire station
  • Write and deliver thank you notes
 

Nursing Homes

  • Deliver fresh flowers to the residents
  • Provide a "concert" for the residents
  • Landscape a flower garden and sitting area for resident
  • Have students make crafts that can be given to residents
  • Have a tea party
 

Street Outreach

  • Community clean up (adopt an area)
  • Host a “Block Party”  
  • Clean up someone's yard
 

Hospitals

  • Serve free coffee and snacks to staff and those waiting in the emergency room
  • Take care-packages with snacks, sweets and small gift items (lotions, magazines, puzzles etc.) to families
 

STEP 4: Register your project.