William Penn Life, 2012 (47. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2012-03-01 / 3. szám
Last minute Join Hands Day ideas You may be short on time to plan o project, but we have some fun ideas for you JOIN HANDS DAY is less than two months away. You and your branch want to participate, but you're short on time and aren't sure what kind of project to conduct. Relax. There are plenty of worthwhile projects you can organize in time for this year's Join Hands Day on Saturday, May 5. Remember: Join Hands Days is an opportunity for fraternalists and nonfraternalists alike to come together to make a difference in their communities through helpful projects that connect youths and adults. What kind of projects? Here are some ideas for successful projects from the American Fraternal Alliance. • Sort clothes at a shelter for homeless people. • Prepare sandwiches and personal care kits for homeless people. • Provide childcare while homeless parents attend classes or look for employment. • • Write letters to local politicians, newspapers, etc., on local environmental issues. • Walk dogs at a local animal shelter. • Volunteer at a recycling center. • Clean up trash along a local bicycle path or the side of a local road. • Paint a flagpole and donate a flag. • Build wheelchair ramps. • Deliver meals to homebound people. • Visit hospital patients and bring flowers, door decorations and reading materials. • Paint a mural on a school wall. • Record books for people with vision disabilities. • Run errands, paint or do yard work for people with physical limitations. • Repair bicycles to give disadvantaged children and teach them bicycle maintenance. • Repair gravestones and improve landscaping in a cemetery. Document historic grave sites. • Plant flowers, shrubs and trees in a park or other location. Work with a landscape architect and/or master gardeners to develop a special garden in a park, at a nursing home or group home. • Revitalize a community facility by mulching; planting trees and flowers; refurbishing sandboxes, swings and a track area; or painting picnic tables or bleachers. • Collect stuffed bears (and other animals), write messages to tie or clip onto the bears and give them to local police departments to use in comforting children. • Help seniors by installing safety devices, raking yards, cleaning gutters or shopping for their groceries. • Assemble "Summer Fun Reading Bags" for children to encourage reading and learning over the summer months. • Clear out an illegal tire dump, giving the tires to a recycler. • Plant a vegetable garden at a seniors' residence or children's center. • Take seniors and/or children fishing. • Paint a mural at a school, community center or group home. • Clean up a community ballpark or soccer field. • Plant sunflowers and other wildflowers on country roadsides. • Build and put up birdhouses, butterfly boxes or bat houses. There are almost countless projects you can do. For more ideas and information on how to partner with youth in your area to plan and conduct successful projects, visit the Join Hands Day website at www.joinhandsday. org or call the Join Hands Day Action Center at 630-522-6322. Vont ßotfe't... ...to share the story of your Join Hands Day project. Make sure you have someone take pictures of your volunteers in action and write a story about your project to share with your local media and William Penn Life. 14 0 March 2012 0 William Penn Life
