Participate in nationwide Make a Difference Day on October 27 by planning your own project or helping with an existing project at a school, children's museum, homeless shelter, or other community organization. Opportunities are available for individuals as well as families with young children. Care for a child in need overnight or up to 21 days by providing supervision, care and a stable home environment, and including the child in your regular family activities. Children birth to 18 years are in need, and training is provided. Mentor an adult with a disability who is preparing to enter the work force.
Training is provided and a one-year commitment is preferred.
Paint a mural to brighten the Alzheimers unit of a local nursing home. Lead a Spanish lesson, gymnastics, computers or other special activity with a small group of preschoolers one weekday, or help a teacher care for the children and assist with their activities at a local childcare center. Introduce an 8th-grade girl to your career in math or science and encourage her in her study of these subjects by accompanying her in a related activity once a month. May. Training is provided. Brighten the day for transplant patients at a local heart center by sharing magic tricks, music, or other talents, or set up an Excel database cataloging 500 books in the heart center's collection.