COVID-19 has changed many things, but we can still encourage, serve, and appreciate those around us. Below are some physically distanced volunteer ideas from loveourcities.org.
Provide Encouragement
- Write thank you cards for public servants (EMT, Police, Fire)
- Deliver pre-packaged sweets to public servants
- Write thank you cards for hospital staff (Nurses, Drs.)
- Write cards of encouragement to parents of NICU babies
- Decorate placemats for Meals on Wheels recipients
- Write cards of encouragement to residents at senior homes
- Donate games and crossword puzzle books to senior homes
- Bathe service dogs
- Write words of positivity on the sidewalk throughout town, creating chalk art
- Make cards for veterans
- Write cards of encouragement for cancer patients
Appreciate School Staff
- Write appreciation cards for teachers and school administration
- Drop off flower pens for staff with tag ‘Thank You For Helping Me Bloom’
- Hang positivity banners on campus
Neighborhood Clean-Up
- Beautify Fresno: spot an area that needs love, provide your own supplies, and go love on that area
- Beautify major streets: pick up trash, pull weeds, trim overgrown bushes
- Sign Solutions: remove signs from street lamp poles and telephone poles
- River/Creek cleanup: pick up trash
- Park cleanup: pull weeds, rake leaves, lay bark, plant flowers or trees
- Paint over graffiti
- Clean alley
Help People in Need
- Bag groceries at the food bank
- Donate blood or host a blood drive at the local blood bank
- Host a food drive: distribute a flyer throughout the neighborhood a week prior, collect items on the stated pickup day and then sort into bags of complete grocery needs
- Create heating pads for cancer patients by sewing rice in fabric
- Sew and stuff teddy bears for foster children
- Host a drive thru drop off of dog and cat food
- Host a drive thru drop off of hygiene kits
- Host a drive thru drop off of pajamas for children
- Host a drive thru drop off of jackets for children
- Host a drive thru drop off of holiday food
- Host a drive thru drop off of used books
- Pick up food from the food bank and deliver to the homes of emancipated youth
These are just a few of the many ways you can help and encourage others this season!
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