SERVICE PROJECTS

Service is a cornerstone in Girl Scouts. It is stated in the Girl Scout Promise as well as part of the Girl Scout Law. We promise to make our community a better place when we say we will “help people at all times.” Teaching and practicing philanthropy develops awareness and responsibility in our Girl Scouts to make our community a better place to live.

These are just a few ideas to get your creative, service oriented thinking going.

Collect pop tabs for the Murat Shrine or Riley Hospital
Help a local organization (e.g., Huntington’s Disease, etc.) – stuff handout packs, be greeters at an event, etc.
Plant flowers at a local park, nursing home, library, meeting place, church, etc. and maintain them.
Adopt a local nursing home unit. Visit the unit throughout the year. Sing songs, play bingo, perform a skit, make tray favors, throw a holiday party, etc.
Collect clothing or personal items, books,and games to and donate them to a local shelter for the homeless or domestic abuse.
Collect used clothing and donate to Goodwill/Salvation Army (older girls could be in charge of washing/ironing/sewing on buttons, mending holes)
"Adopt" a Grandparent in your neighborhood
Clean up and beautify your local park, church grounds, meeting place, or school grounds.
Car Wash – have a car wash or wash the cars of your parent volunteers in appreciation of all the driving they do.
Riley Children’s Hospital:

Make small craft packages
Books on tape
Throw a party
Donate supplies
Clean &/or supply the Ronald McDonald House

Collect several unused pages from coloring books and staple together.Place with a few crayons in a ziplock baggie for children who have to wait in hospital waiting rooms.
Help with trail maintenance on local hiking trails.
Volunteer to help with a meal at a local shelter.
Volunteer to read stories to children at your local library's "Children's Hour" or develop one if none is present.
Baby donations for local shelters:

make baby blankets (no sew available)
make bibs