Nations of Service Project Ideas

We want everyone to know that the actual project chosen is not the most important thing.  The most important thing is that we get as many people serving on 8/8/08 as we can.  There are a number of good projects to choose from and we would hate to say that any one project is better than another.  It's important to choose one that you are passionate about.  The list below is by no means the only projects you can choose from.  If you have a different project that you would like to do let us know what it is by filling out the Nations of Service Project Application.  You can either fill it out online or print it off and send it back.

Children  Visit sick children  Bring toys to children in the cancer ward of the hospital  Organize a book drive to give books to children  Organize and invite local police officers to present a drug awareness or bike safety assembly at school Community Development  Renovate an abandoned house  Clean up a vacant lot  Beautify a playground  If your community doesn’t have a food bank, work with local officials to start one  Organize a campaign to raise money to purchase and install new playground equipment in a park  Plant flowers in public areas that could use some color  Clean up a stream bed  Paint over graffiti  Encourage sites around town to become wheelchair accessible Elderly  Read to the elderly  Do odd jobs for the elderly  Organize an “adoption” program for lonely elders  Visit a nursing home  Hold an afternoon dance for your local nursing home  Deliver meals to homebound individuals  Help elderly in your neighborhood obtain and install locks or smoke alarms  Get a group together to sing or present a play at a nursing home Environment  Plant a garden or tree where the whole neighborhood can enjoy it  Set up a recycling system for your home  Organize a recycling drive  Organize a carpooling campaign in your neighborhood to cut down on air pollution  Clean up trash along a river, a park, school or neighborhood  Create a campaign to encourage biking and walking  Help a community that has been impacted by a natural disaster Homeless  Work at a soup kitchen/homeless shelter  Collect and distribute blankets  Collect toys for shelters