Widows/Single Parents/Needy/Elderly in your own church or neighborhood – clean their house, do light repairs, rake their leaves, and bless them as needed.

Social Service Agencies – food pantries, homeless shelters, children’s charities, etc – serve their clients or serve the agency itself. Paint, spruce up, do mailings, organize, etc.

Schools and Parks – yard work, pick up litter, decorate the teacher’s lounge, offer a teacher appreciation event, provide school supplies – think BIG!

Nursing Homes/Senior Complexes/Hospitals – visit, play BINGO, read Scripture, organize a sing-a-long, paint nails, make blankets, take kids for a visit, etc.

Homeless – go into the homeless camps and clean trash, pass out lunches, blankets, socks or whatever you have to give, host a picnic – reach out to the neediest of the needy.

Skate parks/Teen hangouts/Kid’s Events – cookouts, bike repair, carnivals, prize give-away – whatever you can think of that kids need or enjoy. Find a location and go to them – make it FUN!

Low-Income Apartments – go door to door with items like light bulbs, toilet paper, smoke alarm batteries, small bags full of staple groceries – a gift often opens the door to prayer/meeting other needs. Have a BLOCK PARTY for entire area at playground or recreation center.

Call your city offices and ask about people in CODE VIOLATION – find a homeowner who is elderly or needy and may just need assistance – mow their grass, paint their porch, haul off some trash.