Service Library

Specific ways to serve, sorted by who you'd be serving: neighbors, kids, the homeless, the sick, strangers. Some come with a shopping list and a printable note you can hand to someone.

Homeless & Housing

Care Kit

Build a Homeless Care Kit

Pack a gallon ziplock with food, hygiene, a gift card, and a handwritten note. Keep it in your trunk for the next person you pass at an intersection.

⏱ 1 hr · $30

Families & Kids

Care Kit

New Mom Care Kit

Drop a basket on the porch with the small comforts a new mom never buys for herself. Don't knock. Text after you leave.

⏱ 45 min · $40

Animals

Walk a Dog at the Shelter

Most municipal shelters let walk-ins take dogs out for a stretch with thirty minutes of orientation. Your hour is the best part of that dog's week.

⏱ 2 hrs · $0

Environment & Parks

Clean Up a Park on Your Walk

Bring a trash bag and a pair of gardening gloves on your usual walk. Fill the bag on the way out, drop it in the dumpster on the way back.

⏱ 30 min · $5

Education & Mentoring

Tutor a Kid for an Hour a Week

Most after-school programs at your local elementary school will take a once-a-week volunteer in a heartbeat. One hour. One kid. One year.

⏱ 1 hr · $0

Neighbors

Drop Soup at a Sick Friend's Door

A quart of soup, a sleeve of crackers, a note. Leave on the porch. Text once it's there.

⏱ 30 min · $15

Mow an Elderly Neighbor's Lawn

When you mow yours, mow theirs too. Don't ask. Don't leave a note. Just do it.

⏱ 30 min · $0

Strangers

Water the Curb Crew

Keep a small cooler of cold water and granola bars by the front door. When the trash truck, mail carrier, or a delivery driver rolls up, walk one out to them with a thank-you note tied to the bottle.

⏱ 15 min · $5