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Looking for ideas on ways you can create a project to give back to a cause you care about? Look no further! Check out these great project ideas to help you get started!
Elementary Grades and Up
- If you love playing a musical instrument, organize a benefit concert and send the donations to an organization that buys musical instruments for schools or kids in need.
- If you love food, organize a bake sale and donate all the money you collect to your favorite local nonprofit.
- If you have gently used toys, puzzles or games you’re not using anymore, donate them to an adoption agency, a local youth club, or Goodwill.
- If you love to read, keep elderly neighbors company by setting up a regular book club or find a senior center.
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Middle School Grades and Up
- If you see the need for pedestrian safety, research how you can help others in your community cross streets safely nears schools, shops or public transportation.
- Teach others in your community about philanthropy! You can show the power of 3Ts and encourage others to commit to daily or weekly acts of service.
- Get your friends to help you host a luncheon or dog wash where you ask for donations for a specific nonprofit or charity. You can ask local businesses to donate the items needed and the attendees to donate money in exchange for the service you are providing.
- If you love summer camp or competitive sports, research how you can help kids with disabilities participate in a wilderness camp (like Easterseals) or Special Olympics.
High School Grades
- If you’re into engineering, research what’s needed in your community. You could build a little library for a neighborhood in need, a bookshelf for a kid’s bedroom in a new Habitat for Humanity home, a bat house for people with too many pesky bugs, repair fences, etc.
- If you’re tired of bullying in your neighborhood, create posters and TikTok videos or Insta reels with positive messages so others know they’re not alone.
- Volunteer your time at a local nonprofit. If you’re not sure where to start, find your local United Way, Food Bank or Humane Society.
- Start a philanthropy club that meets regularly to organize random acts of kindness or collection drives through friendly competition. Ask local businesses for prizes to incentivize participation!
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If you don’t see how your passions connect to the needs you see, it’s time to get creative!
- If you’re passionate about art and you see hunger as a problem, consider making art and selling it for donations you’ll give to your local food bank.
- If you love hanging out with your friends and you see local nonprofits who need items donated, convince your friends to help you with a collection drive. School nurses offices usually need extra kid’s clothes or coats. Homeless shelters usually need hygiene items (like toothpaste/toothbrushes, shampoo, soap, etc.). Animal shelters need toys and food. Local nonprofits often have lists of most needed items on their websites.
- If you’re passionate about making things like slime, duct tape creations or friendship bracelets then start a business and donate the profits to your favorite local nonprofit or charity.