Examples of Projects for Community Service

from Barry A. Becker PAG 6630 Cuyahoga NW
District Community Service Committee Chairperson

Please consider the following as possible community service projects for your club.

1. Provide labor for clean-up of an RTA rapid station area
2. Paint a home for an elderly couple
3. Do yard work for elderly or physically challenged
4. Do end of season landscaping for a youth center
5. Build/install a ramp for physically challenged
6. Fabricate indoor wheel chair lift in multi-story home
7. For adult shelter: Set-up electrical / mechanicals for laundry room, install washers/dryers, supply laundry detergent/laundry products,
8. Supply dictionaries for local public/parochial students third grade
9. Fund purchase of defibrillators for local schools and civic centers
10. Fund park benches in a nature center
11. Landscaping and benches for public library
12. Fund for multiple flag display at sports center
13. fund informational signs for a nature center
14. Fund purchase of trees & plant in a city park
15. Fund telemetry equipment for 911 communication center
16. Participate in a Habitat for Humanity type project
17. Participate in preparing area for a bike / jogging path
18. Hold ice cream party & entertainment for nursing home residents
19. Purchase catered meals and serve to nursing home residents and provide for entertainment
20. Mentoring for youth
21. Literacy program tutors
22. Reading stories to children
23. Delivery of food/toiletries for shut-ins
24. Holiday gift boxes
25. Deliver holiday packages assisting a prison family relief project
26. Participate in economics program for youth with Jr. Achievement
27. Assist public library moving to a new location
28. Assist library in disposing of outdated books
29. Youth intervention work with social agency
30. Work with Big Brother and Big Sister programs
31. Act as officials at a Special Olympics event
32. Assist in crowd control at a civic event

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