Help neighbors paint and repair their homes
 Arrange for the local health department to conduct neighborhood health checks
 Volunteer to teach classes on a sport you enjoy and know a lot about
 Contact Habitat for Humanity to see how you can support them in your community
 Work with the local health department to set up an immunization day or clinic to immunize children against childhood diseases
 Organize a newcomers group in your neighborhood to welcome new families
 Produce a neighborhood newspaper
 Train to become a guide for your local tourist bureau
 Make maps of local parks, libraries or historic sites
 Research local historic sites and provide the research to visitor’s bureau
 Petition your city to make drinking fountains and/or restrooms in public areas available
 Volunteer to clean up trash at a community event or county fair
 Make signs to label community buildings and sites of interest
 Set up an art exhibit at a local business, school or nursing home
 Design a mural or quilt highlighting important aspects of the community
 Organize a campaign to paint storm drains to prevent dumping of hazardous materials
 Set up an informational display at a local library
 Volunteer to help with Vacation Bible School
 Organize a community chorus, orchestra or band
 Volunteer to help set up for a community event
 Distribute leaf bags during the fall encouraging residents to clean leaves from their streets and yards
 Adopt a pothole and raise funds to repair it
 Plan native flowers or plants along highways
 Adopt a billboard and use it for a public service announcement
 Campaign for additional lighting along poorly lighted streets
 Clean up vacant lot
 Collect supplies for persons who have been in a fire or natural disaster
 Help fix a run-down playground
 Start a yard of the week award for your neighborhood
 Participate in an Annual parade
 Spruce up and paint the community or youth center
 Plant a community garden Adopt a town monument and keep it clean
 Clean an elderly neighbor’s driveway and sidewalk after a snowfall
 Clean up after a natural disaster
 Organize a local blood drive with the American Red Cross
 Plant flowers at town hall
 Organize a campaign to raise money to buy and install new playground equipment for a park
 Survey community agencies to learn the leading causes of accidents in your community then design a campaign to reduce accidents
 Paint a mural or clean up a local park
 Plant flowers in public areas that could use some color
 Mow the lawns and care for the plants of neighbors who are away on vacation
 Conduct a community accessibly check to identify potential barriers for individuals with disabilities
 Plan a disabilities day where friends or classmates are given a physical disability for day and are forced to function during the day
 Read aloud to a person who is visually impaired
 Build park benches
 Paint fences or park benches
 Help winterize homes in a poverty-stricken neighborhood
 Lend a helping hand at a local community center
 Identify corners where bushes and trees make it difficult for drivers to see
 Conduct a neighborhood drive to collect used furniture

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