High School Community Service Ideas

High School Community Service Ideas

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  15 High School CommunityService Ideas Great options for homeschooled teens!
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  Donate Non-Perishables Everyone knowsabout donating their old clothes to thrift stores, however, a good community service idea would be to stop by the store for non-perishables and donate them to your local food bank.
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  Share old toyswith suffering children. Pack up your stuffed animals and lightly played with soft toys, and bring them to children in hospitals. The key here is making sure they are clean and in good shape.
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  Share the holidayspirit. Visit your post office to get a letter from a child. Write a response, purchase a gift, and mail your package to bring some holiday cheer to him or her.
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  Send a carepackage. Deployed troops, veterans, and wounded soldiers will sure appreciate it. Write a thank-you note and include some food (make sure to abide by rules for food), and if you are still a minor, only sign your first name. A great website for learning what to donate and where to send it is Operation Gratitude.
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  Volunteer at YourPace If you are struggling to find something to get involved in because of your busy lifestyle, DoSomething.org is for you! Choose a cause, specify how much time you have, and decide on the service you would like to provide. There are so many diverse options, and this is especially geared toward students!
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  Help the elderly Ifyou know of an elderly person who could probably use some help, offer! You could rake leaves, shovel the driveway, do housework, mow the lawn, run some errands, etc.
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  Donate reading materials. Youcan donate books and magazines to shelters, libraries, and schools! Just make sure they are in good condition.
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  Volunteer your skills! Areyou good with computers? Volunteer to fix computers or teach skills at libraries, shelters, to an elderly friend, friends and family, etc. Or maybe you are great at a certain subject in school. You can volunteer tutoring services! Coach a sport you’re passionate about. Donate homemade quilts or items that you enjoy sewing. Bake food to donate or hold a bake sale and give the money to a charity. Whatever your skills or passions are, try to think of a way you can use them for the community.
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  Run or Walkan Event. There are several events that ask for people to walk or run to raise money for research. For example, March of Dimes and Relay for Life.
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  Help Behind-the-Scenes Events alwaysneed volunteers for registrations, handing out water bottles, cleaning up afterwards, or any other miscellaneous tasks that are ALWAYS needed.
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  Help a NaturalResource Consider volunteering to clean up our natural resources. Perhaps a beach, park, riverbed, etc….
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  Martin Luther KingJr. Day Consider the several volunteer opportunities available on the National Day of Service. These opportunities don’t typically exist during the rest of the year, such as: Meals on Wheels (kitchen help and drivers needed), canned food collections especially for MLK day, volunteering at festivals, and usually some kind of forest or shores restorations project.
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  Dance Marathon If youare a dancer, look into trying a 24-hour dance marathon to raise funds!
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  Animal Shelters If youlove animals, perhaps volunteering at an animal shelter would be a great fit for you! Tasks as a volunteer usually involve dog walking, cat socializing, cleaning cages, help with feeding, adoption counseling, or other administrative tasks.
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  Libraries You could alsovolunteer at the library! Oftentimes they will have you shelve books, DVDs, and CDs; organize magazines and newspapers; assist with upkeep/order of the shelves; help retrieve items for Interlibrary Loans; check in books; mend and clean books; answer phones; shelf reading; cover paperbacks; etc.
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