New volunteer project ideas?

Question

I'm trying to think of volunteer projects that are doable by a group of senior high students and will attract a lot of people

Any help is greatly appreciated

Answer 1

there are always communtiy projects to do.. like helping the elderly, visit nursing homes and stuff...

also, here is a site that i love... they can all adopt us soldiers.. all is required is sending letters to the soldiers... and maybe sending some care packages.. this site is totally free, you might want to try it... http://adoptaussoldier.org/

Answer 2

Habitat for Humanity is a very worthy cause, it will teach you construction skills and team work.  Please consider it......thanks!

Answer 3

I don't know where you live, or what your area is like, but I do know, that most towns or cities, needs help cleaning up an area, such as turn an empty dirty lot into a nabourhood flower bed, or garden, painting someones home that can't affford to do it themselves, you can call the local newspaper and let them know what your doing, and get free time in the paper or on the radio for your project. Place fliers out, or have a student from your school take photo's of what your doing and place in newspaper.

Answer 4

Street cleaning:

Neighborhood cleaning.

You can start a project to clean up one neighborhood at a time.

Hopefully the locals will chip in and help with the cleaning.

Answer 5

Group projects can be difficult to find, as they take a lot of time for organizations to set up projects that can be done by a large group with little or no training, at a date and time convenient for everyone.

Group activities are listed at the following web sites:

VolunteerMatch, http://www.volunteermatch.org

Idealist, http://www.idealist.org

Change.org, http://www.change.org

CraigsList, http://www.craigslist.com

Network for Good, http://www.networkforgood.org

http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/

ServeNet, http://servenet.org/

If you see an organization that you would like to help, but don't see a volunteering opportunity posted by that organization, it's okay to call them and say you would like to volunteer -- they may have opportunities they haven't posted. Also, many organizations are open to your own suggestions for volunteering activities.

Also, contact your local volunteer center; you can find this via the Points of Light Foundation web site,

http://www.pointsoflight.org/centers/

There's also this government sponsored site, http://volunteer.gov/gov/ which provides volunteer positions through USA federal land agencies like Fish & Wildlife, Forest Service, National Parks, etc.

Remember that finding a volunteering gig, particularly a group volunteering experience, can be like finding a job: you may have to interview several times before you are chosen for an assignment.