This document provides summaries of 5 websites that offer resources and ideas for community service projects. Yes Kidz Can! provides free printable community service project kits with instructions, timelines, and materials. Global Youth Service Day celebrates and enables youth service with information and resources organized by topic. The Hands on Network Blog breaks down volunteer activities by age and offers free printables to guide projects. United We Serve contains toolkits to help plan and implement various service projects. Kids for Community features a "menu" of activity ideas organized by cause and suggestions for where to volunteer.

1. 5 Websites for Community
Service Project Ideas
By Melissa Winfield

2. Yes Kidz Can!
• This site contains a plethora of
information on community service
projects for kids; however one of
the key standout features that
makes this site unique is the free
printable community service
project kits. Each kit contains:
– service project instructions
– event invitations, a timeline,
shopping lists, and a budget;
– suggested donation recipients with
details for shipping, drop-off, or
delivery;
– "You Did Good" certificates of
achievement and donation gift
tags;
• http://www.yeskidzcan.com/comm
servicekitspdfs.html

3. Global Youth Service Day
Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of
children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-
learning. This site helps facilitate youth by providing them with information and resources to help
serve their community. Resources and information are available on the following areas of service:
– General
– Hunger
– Environment
– Health & Safety
– Education
– Disaster
– Global Service & Human Rights
– Civic Engagement / 2012 U.S. Election Engagement
• http://www.gysd.org/ideas

4. Hands on Network Blog
• This site breaks down
volunteer activities into two
categories. One for older kids
and one for younger kids.
Another great feature of this
site is that there are tons of
free printables that help guide
the volunteer process.
Included are checklists,
timelines, community needs
assessments, recruitment
strategies and action kits.
• http://handsonblog.org/2010/1
1/18/10-kid-friendly-service-
projects/

5. United We Serve
• This site contains various
toolkits that can be used
to help individuals start
planning how to
implement various
service projects in their
communities. These tool
kits guide you through the
process and help make
servicing your community
an enjoyable experience.
• http://www.serve.gov/tool
kits.asp

6. Kids for Community
• This website contains a
“menu” of community service
activities kids can choose from
to help kids get volunteering
ideas to help their
communities. The menu
includes a list of activities for
community enhancement,
family community services,
how to help the environment,
how to help animals, how to
help the homeless and how to
help senior citizens. It also
outlines suggestions as to
where kids can go to
volunteer.
• http://www.kidsforcommunity.o
rg/