AGE APPROPRIATE YOUTH VOLUNTEER IDEAS

These projects are also appropriate for teenagers.

AGES 1 - 4

• Play with other children.
• Visit a nursing home with other family members.
• Partner with an older family member to read books at the library or community center.
• Help deliver meals prepared for the homebound or hungry.

AGES 5 - 7

• Sort bags of food at food bank.
• Work in a community garden, i.e., till soil, plant bulbs or maintain a family garden.
• Bake sweets and deliver them to a place where they will be enjoyed.
• Enjoy a fundraising walk.
• Make sandwiches for the homeless.
• Harvest vegetables.
• Give a puppet show to shelter children.

AGES 8 - 10

• Help set tables and serve food at a soup kitchen.
• Share family volunteer experiences at community events or in newsletters.
• Collect clothing or school supplies for those in need.
• If you have a pet, volunteer to take it for a visit to an adult day care center.
• Paint local schools or non-profit agencies.
• Walk dogs at the animal shelter.

AGES 11 - 12

• Mentor young children through a family-to-family mentoring program.
• Suggest and choose family volunteer activities with other family members.
• Call other friends’ families to become family volunteers.
• Encourage family volunteering or civic activities in the classroom.
• Join a gleaning project, i.e., pick fruit or vegetables at local farms.

All can participate at some level

• Hug seniors in rest homes.
• Clean up beaches or parks. Beautify neighborhoods.
• Provide foster home for pets.
• Raise money to buy books for literacy program.
• Create cards for residents in nursing homes.

Call 272-2087 to volunteer!