Projects: Create a Project
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Celebrate Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
On this day, adults are encouraged to let kids know how valuable they are by taking part in a national letter writing campaign sponsored by Camp Fi...
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Celebrate Thank Your Mentor Day
Sponsored by MENTOR, thousands of people take a few minutes each year on Thank Your Mentor Day to express appreciation and gratitude to those who a...
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Plan a Project for Family Volunteer Day
Help promote the importance of caring adults within families by organizing opportunities for families to volunteer together. Sponsored by the Point...
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Celebrate Lights on Afterschool
Sponsored by the Afterschool Alliance, Lights On Afterschool is a yearly event celebrated to help showcase the afterschool programs offered in your...
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Become a Play Advocate
Visit the KaBOOM! website to read up on why play matters. Check out their list of “20 Ways to be a Play Advocate.” Ideas range from researching the...
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Start an i-SAFE Mentor Program
Help kids stay safe in the virtual world by starting an i-Mentor program at your school. Sponsored by i-SAFE, INC., the i-Mentor program gives yo...
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Plan a Project for Youth Traffic Safety Month
Help the National Organization for Youth Safety raise awareness around the dangers of drinking and driving and encourage safe driving habits for ...
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Participate in March of Dimes WalkAmerica
WalkAmerica is the oldest and one of the most popular walking events in the nation. Get your friends and neighbors to walk and raise money to suppo...
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Host a Health Fair
Visit the American Academy of Pediatrics’ website to find resources to help you organize a school or community-wide health fair. Use the fair to d...
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Promote Positive Choices
Use the resources from the teen section of the Positive Choice Program from HOPE worldwide to teach teens about safe sex practices. The program equ...
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Prevent Teenage Pregnancy
Use the resources from the teen section of the Positive Choice Program from HOPE worldwide to teach teens about safe sex practices. The program equ...
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Groundhog Job Shadow Day
Encourage your school to participate in Groundhog Job Shadow Day. On this day students are encouraged to “shadow” adults in the work pl...
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Semester of Service
Youth Service America is encouraging students to develop a semester long service-learning project that launches on Martin Luther King Day in Januar...
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Give Kids Good Schools
Help make sure that all children are given access to a quality education. Help find ways to get your friends and classmates involved in the Give Ki...
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Start a Kids Care Club
Help teach younger kids about the importance of giving back by starting a “Kids Care Club,” a program of the Points of Light Foundation...
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Presidents Volunteer Service Awards
Make sure your school is sponsoring the President’s Volunteer Service Awards program to reward young people for serving 100 or more hours per yea...
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Red Kettle Collection
Organize volunteers from local schools to ring bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Collections in December. Each year the Salvation Army rais...