Remote-Service Ideas for Teens
We had a family discussion about service in the time of Covid. One of our children was brainstorming service ideas with a junior youth group and said they felt limited and frustrated. The list below is just some ideas that we came up with that may work for those looking for service that are not centered on raising money and are isolating at home:
>Write letters to those that you know that may be experiencing loneliness or isolation.
>Create a remote meeting time once a week to read to younger children
>Offer peer tutoring
>Contact a local elderly home to see if letters, cards, or reading remote would be of service
>Write cards to cancer patients
>Make cards for kids via https://cardzforkidz.org
>Send a thank you card to the nurses, doctors, and staff of your local hospital
>Send a thank you card to teachers, fire stations, and others that provide service to your community
>Clean out closets and bookshelves for donations if there is a local need
>Organize a virtual talent show for your community
>Sew masks if there is a need in your community
>Have a FreeRice virtual party
>See if there is a local sewing need (pillowcases for the hospital, blankets, etc).
>Start a virtual book club that focuses on diversity and equality
>Create art, stories, poetry, coloring sheets and comics as a group with a meaningful theme and compile them into a newsletter for your community.
>Organize a virtual game day for the community.
>Send poetry readings, music, and other talents via video to your community and friends.
>Organize a virtual meeting to have meaningful conversations on equality, racism, and other topics that can help us grow social justice.
>Organize a screen free or a energy usage day
>Organize a remote mindfulness practice group.
>Plan a garden to help feed your community.
>Organize a remote accountability club to set goals and work towards them.
>Organize a remote writing, math, origami, or interest group.
>Organize a remote art/craft class for younger children.
>Use chalk for messages of hope, joy, and gratitude on your sidewalk.
>Decorate small rocks for your neighborhood with beautiful pictures and messages to be found
>Create window art that brings hope and joy to your neighborhood
This article will get updated as more ideas are contributed.
