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Generation SERVE Project Ideas

Continue to serve your community on your own with these service project ideas.

Environmentalism

  • Plant a tree or native plants in your yard.
  • Start a rain collection system at your home.
  • Implement a recycling program at your school, office, church, or other community gathering place.
  • Plant milkweed or other wildflowers for the butterflies that migrate through your city.
  • Begin composting.
  • Clean up litter from your neighborhood parks and green spaces.
  • Keep bird feeders and a bird bath in your backyard.
Environmentalism

Animal Welfare

  • Consider fostering a dog or cat while they wait to be adopted.
  • Walk a shelter dog with the help of an adult.
  • Read to the cats or dogs at a local animal shelter.
  • Hand out bags of dog food to our homeless community members with dogs.
  • Make the following items to deliver to a local animal shelter - contact the shelter in advance to see what they will and will not accept.
    • homemade dog toys
    • blankets for the kennels
    • warmers for the bottle baby kittens
    • cat or dog toys
  • Donate bags of dog food to Generation SERVE to support our animal welfare activities.
Animal Welfare

Senior Support

  • Schedule a time to read with or play games with residents at a local senior facility.
  • Deliver a care package to a resident at a senior facility during holidays.
  • Contact a senior facility to see if you can send holiday cards or birthday cards to their residents.
Senior Support

Helping People

  • Donate your gently used handbags to the Handbags for Hope drive organized by the Texas Advocacy Project.
  • Donate your gently used coats to Coats for Kids organized by the Junior League of Austin.
  • Organize a food drive in your neighborhood or at your school for Central Texas Food Bank.
  • Raise money through a lemonade stand or through your own online fundraiser page for a local nonprofit organization.
  • Organize a school supply drive at back-to-school time to donate to one of these organizations - Foundation Communities, Manos De Cristo, For the Children, Communities in Schools, Austin Independent School District, Hindu Charities for America, SAFE, Salvation Army, or your neighborhood school.
  • Buy or wrap gifts for a family in need through one of these local organizations - Partnerships for Children, Operation Blue Santa, Foundation Communities, SAFE, Saint Louise House, Salvation Army, Easter Seals of Central Texas, Mobile Loaves & Fishes, CASA of Travis County, STARRY,  or Casa Marianella.
  • Make homeless care kits to hand out to our homeless community members.
Helping People
Find more ideas at Doing Good Together!

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  • About
    • Who We Are >
      • Our Team
      • Houston Advisory Council
    • Where We Are
    • Our Impact
    • Job Opportunities
  • Programs
    • all ages: Family Volunteering
    • All ages: President's Volunteer Service Award
    • Teen Programs >
      • Teen Service Days
      • Teen Advisory Board
  • Give
    • Donate
    • Become A Family Sponsor
    • Join Serve Society
    • Become a Business Sponsor
  • Get Involved
    • Lead: Activity Lead
    • Engage: Join the Board & Committees
    • Partner: For Nonprofits
    • Support: More Ways to Help
  • CALENDAR