#FaithServes October
By Maddie Wiley, FaithCounts.com Contributor
Make the commitment this month to do some service amidst the busy school schedules, Halloween costume making and leaf raking! Find opportunities to do more service during your daily routines and inspire others to do the same.
#FaithServes is a social media event to inspire people to serve their friends, families and communities. Pick service ideas from the following list to complete throughout the month of October and as you serve, take pictures and post your stories to social media using #FaithServes. And if you see service happening, to you or to others, post about those using #FaithServes. We will be “reposting” participant pictures throughout the month and will share service stories at the end of the event. You can also follow @MyFaithCounts on Twitter for daily service reminders!
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” –Ghandi
Service Ideas
- Rake the leaves in your neighbor’s yard
- Donate warm clothes to a shelter
- Bake Halloween cookies for a neighbor
- Send a treat to teachers
- Visit a nursing home
- Make Halloween crafts for friends
- Volunteer to tutor children at a library
- Help an elderly person cross the street
- Leave a kind note on a coworkers desk
- Compliment a stranger
- Tip a street performer
- Bring up a neighbor’s trash can
- Make an extra lunch to giveaway
- Carve a pumpkin for a neighbor
- Donate old Halloween costumes to children in need
- Volunteer to decorate pumpkins with the elderly
- Volunteer to decorate placemats for homeless shelters
- Make fleece tie blankets for shelters
- Organize a neighborhood garage sale for your favorite cause
- Collect old DVD’s and video games to donate to a local children’s hospital
- Collect used sporting equipment to donate to your local children’s club
- Collect unused cosmetics for a women’s shelter
- Support Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing pink and donating to the cause
- Make a bird bath or animal feeder for your backyard
- Volunteer to wash your neighbor’s dog
- Go for a walk with an elderly neighbor
- Volunteer to pass out water at a local charity race
- Bring dog treats and toys to an animal shelter
- Volunteer to help a neighbor collect their mail
- Call an old friend to catch up
- Leave flowers for your neighbor
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