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22 Ways to Give Back to Your Community

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Real Estate Agent with Kane & Associates call 510.908.9002

Have any of you wondered how to find as many ways as possible to give back to your community. Well, here are 22 ways in which you can help others! I hope this helps all of you who like to help others.

22 Simple Ways to Give Back to Your Community

Not every volunteer effort has to change the world. Let your efforts make your corner a little brighter. Here are some simple ways you can improve your community:

1)Help an elderly neighbor rake leaves, shovel snow, or do home repairs.
2) Plant flowers in the town center.
3)Give away free flowers or seeds in the spring.
4) Put out flags for the Fourth of July in neighborhood front yards or the town center.
5) Sponsor a Little League team or any children's athletic team.
6) Become active in the chamber of commerce.
7) Organize a garden walk.
8) Speak at career day at the elementary school.
9) Repaint a playground.
10) Take your pet to the local senior center.
11) Organize a summer cleaning or painting of the local school.
12) Give a free first-time homebuyers seminar.
13) Collect customer donations in your office lobby.
14) Encourage sellers to donate clothing and furniture rather than throw it out.
15) Sit as a member of your city capital improvements task force.
16) Use your real estate contacts and skills to identify property that might be donated or purchased for charity use: building low-income homes, local schools, hospitals or group homes.
17) Bring a carload of newspapers, towels, and blankets to an animal shelter.
18) Ask a local teacher what supplies his or her class needs most and donate them.
19) Hold a canned food drive and deliver the goods to a soup kitchen.
20) Organize a town clean-up day.
21) Take a lonely child with you when your family goes to the movies.
22) Join the PTA

Comments(3)

Ann Hayden 636-399-7544
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties-St. Louis Missouri - Des Peres, MO
SelectAnn.com

Jean,

What a great post!  Everyone should try to give something back to their community.

Ann

Nov 19, 2008 11:40 AM
Danny Thornton
R & D Art - Knoxville, TN
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Jean, this is a great list here. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Nov 22, 2008 10:12 AM
Not a real person
San Diego, CA

Nice list, but I'd like to add #23: Adopt a highway or street. With public services being cut in cities throughout the nation, every little bit that we as individuals can do can help.

Nov 22, 2008 04:13 PM