Although it may not quite feel like it here in District 2, it is officially spring! A new season brings new opportunities to address needs in our communities. Here is a list of spring community service ideas! Take a look and let us know what spring service projects you like participating in!
- Donate lightly used clothing.
- Make blankets or pillows to donate to a shelter
- Host a Canned Food Drive
- Reach out to your local Meals on Wheels and see how you can help (seasonal tray favors are so fun to make!)
- Make Easter table/door decorations for your local nursing home
- Put together goody bags for your first responders or nurses
- Host a park/community cleanup event
- Choose a charity and host a fun run with proceeds benefitting the charity
- Write letters or make cards for youth in foster care. Reach out to your local CASA or CPS
- Write letters or make cards for nursing home residents or hospital patients
- Volunteer to read at your local library or lead a craft
- Create a community garden or volunteer at an existing one
- Plant flowers in public areas
- Donate to local animal shelters or make dog toys out of old fabric scraps
- Crochet plastic mats for the homeless
- Collect coke tabs for Ronald McDonald House
- Sew a walker caddy for the elderly
- Host a book drive
- Volunteer with Snack Pak 4 Kids
- Make First Aid kits for the homeless
- Launch a recycling competition
- Host a tree planting event
- Send cards/care packages to soldiers
- Host a car wash and donate the proceeds to a chosen charity
- Volunteer to paint park benches or other public areas that need to be re-painted
- Donate baked goods to the teacher’s lounge
- Host a community-wide Easter Egg Hunt
- Cleanup at the cemetery
- Get involved with Special Olympics
- Build & donate birdhouses