Help cook and/or serve a meal at homeless shelter
 During National Nutrition month in March, organize a nutrition awareness campaign
 Organize a food scavenger hunt to collect food for the needy
 Alter and repair clothes for the needy, elderly and homeless
 Gather clothing from your neighbor and donate it to a local shelter
 Make “I Care” kits with combs, toothbrushes, shampoo, etc for homeless people
 Bake bread on National Bread Day in November and deliver to the hungry, homeless or just your neighbors
 Help with repairs at a local homeless shelter
 Donate art supplies to kids in a homeless shelter
 Make a care package with mittens, socks, T-shirts, etc for a child at a homeless shelter
 Collect grocery coupons to give a local food bank
 If your community doesn’t have a food bank, work with local officials to start one
 Clip coupons and give them at your local food pantry or homeless shelter
 Pack and hand out food at a food bank
 Organize a neighborhood group to plant, tend and harvest a vegetable garden
 Donate the produce to a food bank
 Sponsor a food drive at your school or parent’s workplace or business
 Prepare a home-cooked meal for the residents of a nearby homeless shelter
 Bake a batch of cookies and deliver them to a soup kitchen or homeless shelter
 Raid your closet and attic to find toys and clothes to donate to a homeless shelter
 Assist with sorting and organizing items donated to a homeless shelter
 Food drive – set up collection bins in stores, banks, movie theaters, and schools
 Start a program to help poor people build their own houses
 Assist in a shelter day-care room, taking care of children while parents look for jobs
 Help raise money for Reading Is Fundamental Open Book Program – Have a Read-a-Thon or Book Auction
 Take homeless children on outings
 Make first aid kits for homeless shelters
 Contact a homeless shelter in your community and see if they already have a reading center and need help to keep the project going
 Set up a Saturday Reading Hour where you visit a homeless shelter once a month, bringing books to share and leave behind
 Collect items to deliver to homeless shelters (blankets, sheets, towels, toys, books, disposable diapers)
 Become a Big Buddy for one or more of the children at the homeless shelter
 Find out about low-cost housing in your area for the homeless people
 Contact job training and placement centers in your community

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