Most of these service learning projects can be adjusted to accommodate different age groups (K-12) and require a minimum amount of supplies, like construction paper and markers, or vegetable and flower seeds.

Younger students should be able to make cards, perform songs, plant gardens, clean up small areas, visit the elderly, collect items and even participate in awareness campaigns.
Some of the projects require specific skills, such as computer skills or playing instruments. However, most of the projects do not require any previous skills, like collecting particular items.

Remember to let the students have a voice in choosing the service project that best fits their interests and don’t forget to help students reflect on what they are learning during and after the project. And most importantly, HAVE FUN.

EDUCATION
1. Community resource/Job Fair – Students will invite community
organizations to set up displays in the gym, library or cafeteria and give
out information about their organizations
2. Technology Training for senior citizens – Students will partner with a
senior citizen group to assist them with computer skills and internet
searches.
3. Homework assistance or Tutoring at After School Programs – Students will partner with an after school program and assist younger children with their homework.
4. Book Drive – Students will collect and donate children’s books to promote literacy.
5. Create alphabet books – Students will make alphabet books for younger children by drawing pictures or cutting out pictures from magazines.
6. Reading to younger children – Students will pick a picture book and read to younger children. Students could also design an art project related to the story for the children to complete.
7. Gift Bags for Teachers – Students will collect small items like candy, pens, lotion, tissue, etc for teachers and make thank you cards for them.

HUMAN PERFORMANCE
8. Drug education – Research the effects of illegal drug usage
9. Sports camps – Host sports activities for a youth program
10. Field days at local schools – Design different games and activities stations for children to play
11. Volunteer for local youth sports leagues (referee, coach, fund raise, develop, etc.)
12. Community vegetable garden – Plant a vegetable garden for poor or homeless.
13. Host an exercise class – Demonstrate easy ways to get active.
14. Healthy Nutrition demonstration – Demonstrate how to make healthy snacks.
15. Clothes closet – Students will have a clothes donation drive at one
school and set up a clothes closet at another school (to prevent children
from being embarrassed about wearing clothes of their classmates)
16. Grocery shopping for the elderly – Students will partner with a senior
citizen community to do the grocery shopping for the elderly.

MUSIC/ART
17. Organize a Glee Club – Students will teach children songs or how to play an instrument.
18. Provide entertainment – Students will volunteer in nursing homes, providing music entertainment
19. Support arts education – Students will help younger children with an art project.
20. Make holiday cards (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother/Father’s Day, Veterans Day, Valentine’s Day) for Meals on Wheels recipients
21. Talent Show – Students will organize a music event to raise funds for a charity of their choice.

ENVIRONMENTAL

22. Landscaping for school, community organization or the elderly. Borrow equipment and cut grass, pull weeds, and or rake leaves.

23. Disaster preparation – Students will collect information about tornado and hurricane preparation and make information packs for the community. Older students could also make presentations for younger
students.

24. Adopt a Park – Students will clean up a park and plant flowers.

25. Collect blankets for low-income and homeless individuals
26. Beautification projects for a school, daycare or nursing home
27. Tree planting – plant trees in the community
28. Host a science field fair for schools
29. Environmental Awareness Fair – Research the effects of water pollution, air pollution or global warming.
30. Recycling and other environmental sustainability projects
31. Food Drive – Students will partner with a food bank to collect nonperishable food items for the homeless.
32. Repurpose Prom Dresses – Students will collect used prom dresses and make them available at little or no cost. Funds collected could be used for cleaning.
HEALTH – Awareness Campaigns
(could include making posters, flyers, videos, websites, presentations before groups, make and give away awareness bracelets, or ribbons etc.)
33. Teenage suicide and bullying awareness – Students will research facts about teenage suicide and/or bullying and design an awareness campaign using posters, skits, videos or an internet campaign
34. Child Abuse Prevention Month – April – Students will spread awareness of child abuse prevention by making posters, doing skits or making online campaigns.
35. Anti-smoking campaign – Research the effects of smoking and provide ways to quit smoking from local organizations
36. Walk-a-thon for charity of your choice
37. Diabetes Prevention presentation
38. Volunteer in nursing home and hospital settings
39. Hospice projects –blankets, cards, placemats
40. Collect pennies for cancer research
41. Health and Wellness Education Events/Fairs – Invite community presenters to set up displays and also make displays of your own.
42. Partner with Ronald McDonald House
43. Fundraising for domestic violence shelter
44. Human trafficking prevention awareness
45. Free car wash for an awareness campaign or a charity of your choice
46. Host party for a specific group of children – special needs, foster children, children of incarcerated parents, children with cancer, etc… (develop mentoring relationships)

MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS
47. Adopt a highway or beach – clean up the area and recycle the cans.
48. Beautification projects for local school, nursing home or daycare. Plant flowers, trees, or a vegetable garden. Build benches or bird houses.
49. Fundraising for Red Cross or charity of your choice
50. Make blankets or baby hats for a pregnancy center or neonatal hospital.
51. Provide a meal for needy individuals
52. Support the Troops – collect items for soldiers overseas
53. Partner with Habitat for Humanity to build a house
54. Teen Job Fair for teens in the community, invite local businesses
55. Partner with a local animal shelter – promote animal adoption, walk dogs, collect dog food or make doggie chew toys.
56. Organize a free yard sale – have people donate and exchange items
57. Partner with a homeless shelter – collect items they need, bake cookies or mentor children.
58. School Supplies Drive – collect school supplies for low income children.
59. Perform a Flash Mob Routine – Choreograph a dance to perform in a public place like a mall, to bring awareness to a special cause.
60. Aid elderly population to remain in home rather than move to institutional settings by assisting with housework or yardwork.

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