Examples of projects and events schools can do for local organizations and businesses:
Working Against Violence Inc. >>
- Donate good/used children’s books and floor puzzles
- Possibly make large floor pillows for children to lay on to read
- Visit and read to the children/play games/put puzzles together/babysit, etc.
- Put on a puppet show, make puppets for the kids so that they can participate in the puppet show (paper bag, glove, sock puppets, etc.)
- Make cookies for the children
- Make holiday treat bags for the children (Christmas/Easter/Valentines/etc.)
- Make homemade play dough, and deliver to children
- Print and make homemade color books to be given to the children
- Call to find out if there are any other opportunities for help
Youth and Family Services >>
- Volunteer at the Head Start Program
- Read to the kids
- Puppet show (make puppets for the kids)
- Play/make play dough
- Make holiday "treat bags" for the children
- Send holiday cards to the children
- Print and make homemade color books to be given to the children
- Call for a “Volunteer need” appropriate for your class
- Volunteer to help sponsor/run booths at the “Kids Fair”, take tickets etc.
- Make things for their home outreach program
