Get Involved in 2023

How to Put Your  Skills to Use  in Your Community

1. Knit Beanies for  NICU Babies

If you love to knit or crochet, consider making hats for preemies. Contact your local hospital to see if they need them, or send your handicrafts to an organization like Lots of Love.

2. Sell Your Creations and Donate Proceeds to Charity

This volunteer opportunity is well suited to those who love making things but need to off-load their growing supply.

3. Get Involved With a  Fix-It Cafe

These little workshops are places where community members can bring their broken items and repair them with your help and expertise.

4. Build little free libraries

These pop-up book nooks help build community, inspire readers, and promote literacy.

5. Fill a Community Pantry From Your Garden

Those who are experiencing food insecurity often lack access to healthier options like produce; the bounty of your garden can help fill this gap and feed the hungry.

6. Do a Puzzle With  New Friends

If you enjoy putting together puzzles and would like to make a positive impact on your community, contact a local senior center. They may need puzzle donations, or you could assemble puzzles with residents.

7. Donate Woodworking Projects to Animal Causes

You could build doghouses for your local animal shelter, or take a page from a Habitat ReStore community project and make dog shelters out of recycled materials.

8. Paint a Mural at a  Health Care Facility

Sketch your idea and send it to community health care facilities and other organizations. Your art could truly help brighten someone's day.

9. Cook for Others

Whether you bring your talents to a soup kitchen or make extra portions and deliver care packages to a lonely senior neighbor, your food is bound to be appreciated.

10. 3D Print  Medical Supplies

If you have a 3D printer, one way to help your community is by producing medical supplies. For example, you could create mask tension release bands for hospital workers

11. Offer Yoga Lessons

You can help improve access to this healthful practice by creating your own hyper-local version of the Give Back Yoga Foundation.

12. Bake Bread for Good

If you learned to love baking bread but found that you were too prone to overindulge, donate your baking talents to organizations like Community Loaves, where you can bake bread for those who need it.

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