101 Service Ideas at Ashland University

 

"The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others."

- Albert Schweitzer

1. Help with the annual youth Halloween party at Pump House Ministries.
2. Participate in Adopt-A-Waterway.
3. Donate at the Blood Drives.
4. Join Community Care's weekly Card Clubs.
5. Visit residents at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home.
6. Get involved with Make-A-Difference Day.
7. Make a blanket for Project Linus.
8. Increase hunger awareness by participating in Empty Bowls.
9. Organize a Bowl for Kids Sake with Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
10. Work with Habitat for Humanity.
11. Organize and contribute to Ashland University GIVS Food Drive..
12. Sponsor a child from the Salvation Army Angel Tree.
13. Volunteer at the American Red Cross.
14. Support a community family through Adopt-A-Family.
15. Make Valentine's Day cards for elderly.
16. Attend December Days.
17. Help with Into the Streets.
18. Volunteer at the Ashland County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
19.  Partake in the annual Senior Prom.
20. Assist with Park Clean Ups.
21. Develop a website for a non-profit organization.
22. Support and raise funds for Swim for Diabetes.
23. Become a Salvation Army Bell Ringer.
24. Join the PROUD Tutor and Mentor program.
25. Perform and raise funds for the 1800 minute famine.
26. Host a child for Friendly Town.
27. Help with vision screenings for Easter Seals.
28. Volunteer at local hospitals.
29. Participate in Earth Day.
30. Provide scholarships for needy students.
31. Prepare a meal for local needy.
32. Donate an hour to tutor for ABLE.
33. Aid in sorting food at Associated Charities' food bank.
34. Volunteer at the Council on Aging.
35. Organize and participate in an Urban Plunge.
36. Hold a walk-a-thon for charity.
37. Repair and paint playgound equipment for a local school or park.
38. Take seniors to the grocery store, post office, etc.
39. Donate a meal for the annual skip-a-meal program.
40. Invite a local underprivileged senior citizen to dinner in Convo.
41. Repair homes for Pump House Ministries.
42. Help a community agency with filing, phones, typing, etc.
43. Aid a community agency with their publicity  (pregnancy center, etc.)
44. Create an after school program for local elementary students.
45. Organize toy collection for the Salvation Army
46. Prepare and deliver holiday gift  baskets to the needy.
47. Go Christmas caroling to nursing homes.
48. Clean up a local cemetery.
49. Coordinate a fun run for charity.
50. Sponsor a bike-a-thon for charity.
51. Organize and collect clothing for an annual clothing drive.
52. Prepare taxes for underprivileged adults.
53. Plant trees for Arbor Day.
54. Conduct a Bingo night at nursing home.
55. Adopt a Grandparent.
56. Assist with YMCA youth programs.
57. Volunteer with Catholic Charities.
58. Join the Disaster Relief Team with the American Red Cross.
59. Work with the Girl Scouts in their mentoring program.
60. Help community agencies with fund raising.
61. Organize and collect books for an annual book drive.
62. Join little brothers/little sisters of YMCA.
63. Field phone calls at Ashland Rape Crisis Center.
64. Contribute to the Appleseed Mental Health Center.
65. Answer phones for a HIV/AIDS Hotline.
66. Volunteer at Ashland's Parenting Plus.
67. Provide assistance to the WIC Center of Ashland.
68. Participate in a summer reading program at the Ashland Public Library.
69. Teach students about business and economics through Junior Achievement.
70. Plan an activity for the Ashland County Dale Roy School and Training Center.
71. Serve a meal at the Ashland Breakfast Center of Emmanuel United Methodist  

       Church.
72. Help at the Ashland Dental Clinic.
73. Donate time at the Domestic Violence Shelter.
74. Assist with duties at the United Way of Ashland.
75. Volunteer at the Ashland County Humane Care Center.
76. Help sort objects at the Ashland County Solid Waste District and Recycling  

       Center.
77. Volunteer at the Ashland County Cystic Fibrosis Chapter.
78. Offer assistance to Heartland Home.
79. Help with programs at Child Assault Prevention (CAP).
80. Plan activities for Kno Ho Co Head Start Early Childhood Center.
81. Adopt-A-Highway.
82. Tutor adults to help them earn their GED.
83. Visit hospitals with treats and friendly conversations for patients.
84. Clean graffiti off of neighborhood walls and buildings.
85. Assist with the Salvation Army after school program.
86. Volunteer at YMCA after school program.
87. Go on a build for the Habitat for Humanity Spring Break Trip.
88. Organize an outdoor service project with local youth..
89. Start a neighborhood recycling program.
90. Purchase groceries and help prepare a meal for an elderly person.
91. Rake leaves of a physically disabled resident.
92. Particiapte in a Meal-On-Wheels Program.
93. Mow the lawn of elderly resident.
94. Build sets for the Ashland Community Arts Center.
95. Organize a dog walk with proceeds benefitting the local Humane Society.
96. Volunteer with a church youth group.
97. Make baked goods for the local police/medical emergency/fire departments.
98. Volunteer to work with families of Alzheimer's patients.
99. Organize a drive and collect new shoes for the less fortunate.
100. Cook a meal or help with household chores for families of chronically ill

      children.
101. Become a youth summer camp counselor.

For more information contact the Center for Community Service

Office at (419) 289-5729.