Hearts & Hands: Family Volunteer Day

101 Service Ideas

Make centerpieces for nursing home
Make Christmas ornaments for someone
Trick or treat for Unicef
Donate a toy for Toys for Tots
Donate new baby kits to shelter
Donate hygiene kits to a shelter
Make fleece hand warmers
Donate diapers to a women's shelter
Sew burp clothes for babies in shelter or hospital
Sew pocket hearts for children in crisis
Make fairy wands for little ones in hospital
Sew courage capes for hospitalized children
Leave a love note on a pillow
Make Valentine's Day card for nursing home
Make bookmarks for elementary school kids
Donate cheery pillow cases to hospital
Make birthday kits for needy children
Smile at the cashier
Donate loose change to Salvation Army
Donate old DVDs to hospital or shelter
Tutor
Buy a treat for a stranger
Make someone laugh
Call your parent/ grandparent
Volunteer at a 5K for a cause
Volunteer at Special Olympics
Give a sincere compliment
Dry a tear
Give your seat to an elderly person
Surprise someone with flowers
Be a polite driver
Leave a generous tip
Sit by someone sitting by themselves
Return a shopping cart
Hold the door open for someone
Surprise someone with a dinner
Donate hair to Locks of Love
Be a shoulder to cry on
Lend an ear
Hold a hand
Make a happy pillow for children in hospital or shelter
Thank your mail carrier
Give the gift of music - play for a shelter or nursing home
Smile!
Pay for the person behind you in line
Host a book drive
Visit veterans at hospital
Donate games and crafts to children in hospital
Donate to Angel Tree
Hand out hot chocolate to homeless
Sub for Santa
Donate school supplies to low income school
Take treats/blankets to animal shelter
Decorate & deliver a Christmas tree to someone
Babysit for a single mom
Make snack sacks for needy children
Donate old coats to shelter
Tape quarters to gum ball machines
Donate too small clothes to goodwill
Snuggle a baby at the hospital
Draw or color a picture for someone
Donate shoes to shelter
Donate art supplies to shelter
Donate winter wear to low income school
Donate socks for homeless
Donate hats for homeless
Make fleece blankets for homeless
Make sack lunches for homeless
Make a decoration for nursing home
Make bird feeders
Pick weeds for someone
Donate blankets to shelter or hospital
Help at a soup kitchen
Let someone go in front of you in line
Donate stuffed animals to hospital or shelter
Donate books to a shelter
Mow someone's lawn
Donate blood
Make your child's/sibling's/parent's bed
Write & leave secret thank you notes for your family
Play catch with a child
Write letters to missionaries
Write letters to soldiers
Donate canned goods to local food bank
Go caroling to nursing home
Take someone's trash can in for them
Visit a nursing home
Make cards for hospitalized children
Visit someone who is sick
Read a book to an elderly person
Read a book to a child
Offer free babysitting for an evening
Participate in fun run for a cause
Thank you cards for fire fighters
Thank you cards for police officers
Thank you cards for secretary
Host a bake sale & give proceeds to the needy
Pick up litter in neighborhood or park
Shovel snow for someone
Make a plate of goodies for a new neighbor
Visit a sick or elderly neighbor

Hearts & Hands

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Family Volunteer Day

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