Resources

Black Out Boxes
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Help people during emergencies by making "Black Out Boxes."  Fill them with items to help them when the lights go out. It is especially nice to create Black Out Boxes for people who might have trouble getting around such as senior citizens.

Here’s what you’re doing:

Providing safety for seniors in their home by preparing "Black Out Boxes" filled with items they can use during emergencies

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"Pet Owners Wanted" Campaign
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Help your local animal shelter find homes for their cats and dogs by taking pictures and making signs for them. Promote your idea by hanging up the pictures and signs around your community.

 

Here’s what you’re doing:

Helping animals living in shelters find a home by taking and posting pictures of them around your community.

 

Here’s what you need:

  • Camera...
Diversity Quilt
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Patchwork quilts consist of many diverse colors and sizes of material scraps. Individual scraps do not make a statement, but when sewn next to each other, they become a beautiful design. Celebrate diversity in our global community by making a quilt for a person in need.

Here’s what you’re doing:

Providing comfort and inspiration to a person in need by creating and giving a diversity quilt.

Here’s what you need:

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Kids with HeART Banners
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Harness the power of art and the creativity of children by making a banner that promotes the ideas of gratitude, caring, and liberty in honor of our heroes.

Here’s what you’re doing:

Creating an inspirational and patriotic banner to uplift a community and honor those who have served.

Here’s what you need:

  • Banner material: banner paper, canvas, bed sheets, or shower curtains
  • Felt, or pieces of fabric...
Reach Out to Refugees
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Welcome and support refugees in your area. Collect and distribute supplies, like gently used books, clothing, or household items, to help ease their transition.

Here’s what you’re doing:

Collecting basic necessities for refugees and helping them get established in America.

Here’s what you need:

  • Collection boxes
  • Posters, flyers

Here’s how you do it!

  1. Contact a state...
Words for the Wounded
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Wounded troops are treated in hospitals that are often far from home. Children of any age can uplift and show their support for wounded troops by sending drawings, inspirational messages, and prepaid phone cards to the facilities where troops are being treated.

Here’s what you’re doing:

Sending a cheerful postcard to a wounded soldier to show your support.

 

Here’s what you need:

  • A postcard,...
Spread the Bread
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Honor the spirit of giving that followed 9/11, and “bake a difference.” All hands, big and small, can join in this international project to provide basic food and messages of hope to those who need it or an EMT worker, firefighter, or police officer.

Here’s what you’re doing:

Baking bread, decorating it with inspirational messages, and distributing it to an organization that helps people in need or people who serve.

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Puppy and Kitty Love
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Animals that get adopted from shelters are often the healthiest, the friendliest or the most playful. If your family wants to lend a helping hand to shelter animals but can't consider taking one home, there are lots of things you can do to help make these pets' lives a little brighter, and help turn them into perfect candidates for adoption.

Here's what you're doing:

Helping pets in animal shelters get adopted by feeding and...

Pennies for Puppies
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Dogs that help the blind or other physically challenged people are invaluable to their independence. There is more of a demand for the dogs than can be filled. The dog must be able to be trained and the trainer must be very diligent and stick to the same rules everyday for about 18 months. You family can help by participating in Pennies for Puppies.

Here's what you're doing:

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Share the Season
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Hundreds of thousands of service men and women are deployed around the world. Many are serving in hot deserts or freezing mountain ranges. It can be difficult to get into the spirit of the season when the weather around you is so unlike the weather at home.

Here's what you're doing:

Help troops feel a little closer to home with a seasonal care package.

Here's what you need:

  • A sturdy box or post office package...