SERVICE PROJECTS

Out of ideas for service projects? Here are a few tried and tested projects.

SINGING

This is a great one for nursing homes around Christmas time.

TABLE DECORATIONS

Make table decorations for a Senior dining center or Senior citizens group.
You can get great ideas for table decoration books at your local library.

USED CLOTHING DONATIONS

This is a great project that we did at the beginning of the year. It's the perfect time when the seasons are changing and the kids have out grown all of their winter clothes from the year before. We were able to collect a couple of trunkfuls of clothes to donate.

USED SCHOOL SUPPLY CLEANUP

This one takes more coordination but is well worth it. We did this project as a school.

At the end of the school year we collected all of the used school supplies that the students are planning to throw away. We sent a note home with each student in the school telling the parents about our project. This way the parents could tell their children which items they wanted them to donate and which items to bring home. We gave each teacher a box to collect her classes donations. We emptied overflowing boxes and stored them in a room the school supplied for us until the end of the school year. The response was overwhelming! We collected crayons, markers, glue sticks, glue bottles, notebooks, backpacks, lunchboxes, school boxes, games, etc.

After collecting all of the donations, 3 or 4 of the troop leaders got together to sort through the piles of school supplies. This made things much easier when cleanup day arrived.

During the summer we gathered as many of the Girl Scouts as possible at a leaders house to begin the cleanup. We had different stations set up. For example, crayon sharpening, pencil sharpening, marker testing, lunchbox and backpack cleanup, notebook cleanup (taking used pages out of the books), etc. The girls could work in one area for a while and then move on to work in a different area. We scheduled the session for about 2 hours. This also gave the girls a break time to enjoy a snack and run around outside for a few minutes.

After the cleanup was completed the supplies were taken to a school where the students were not able to afford to purchase these supplies. The school and students were very greatful. We are trying to coordinate it to be a Council-wide activity.


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