Group Volunteering Ideas

Service Project Ideas for Small Groups	Service Project Ideas for Large Groups
Beautification Projects In coordination with the local city parks department, trash clean ups, trail maintenance, and bench painting can all be great activities for the whole family to participate in. The parks department may have other ideas as well. Schools and nonprofit organizations may also have beautification projects that are a good fit for large groups. Here’s an example of what a group of volunteers in Oregon did: “Beautiful Things Can Happen When We Come Together” Here's another example of a community clean-up in Tennessee: "Page High School JustServe Club - Rain or Shine" And another example in Idaho for GYSD: "An Entire High School Serves Community"	Beautification Projects To accommodate large groups, a number of smaller beautification projects may need to be identified. A good example of a multi-site project can be found here: “Multi-city Community Roadside Cleanup”
Donation Drives  Opportunities can be found on JustServe by filtering project search results by the Project Attribute, “Item donations (non-monetary).” Some ideas include: a book drive, food bank drive, and refugee welcome kits. Here’s a great example of a donation drive for local needs: “MLK Day Donation Drive”	Donation Drives Opportunities can be found on JustServe by filtering project search results by the Project Attribute, “Item donations (non-monetary).” Some ideas include: a book drive, food bank drive, and refugee welcome kits.
Kit Packing A variety of local organizations will have opportunities for packing kits. This may include: local refugee organizations, food banks, schools, and education-focused nonprofits. Here’s an example of a donation drive combined with a kit packing service project: “Snack Bag Soiree”	Kit Packing A large scale kit packing may look like this: “Young Adults from Colorado and Wyoming Pack over 65,000 Hygiene Items”
Bake and Share As a small group, volunteers can make treats together and then share them with others: a local shelter, fire station, or elderly neighbors. This group of volunteers baked cookies for inmates during the holiday season: “Holiday Cookie Pack”	Note-Writing A number of local and national organizations request notes on behalf of a variety of groups, including youth in foster care, seniors, and members of the military. Here’s an example of a large scale service project, in which note writing was one option for participants to choose: “JustServe Day of Service”
	Blanket-tying Tying blankets can be a great opportunity to serve the community and build social bonds between volunteers. Here’s an example of service in Canada: “My Very Own Blanket” Another example in Tennessee: "Page High School Students Make No-sew Blankets for Love on Wheels"
	Building Beds Here's an example of groups coming together to build bunk beds for children in Tennessee: "Five JustServe High School Clubs in the Nashville Area"
	Event Support Here's an example of groups helping at a Wounded Warrior 5k run in California, "San Diego JustServe Clubs HELP at the WWP "Carry Forward 5K Run"
	MLK Day Here's an example of different youth groups coming together to do several service projects with their community: "Over 100 Students Serve on MLK Day"