Monday, January 20, 2014

Service Projects for Kids on MLK Day

This post is part of the MLK Day of Service Blog Hop sponsored by Multicultural Kid Blogs.  See the end of this post for more details and to link up your own post about MLK Day and/or doing volunteer work with kids.


We are so excited to be off from school on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! It is the MLK Day of Service.  And, we thought we would share with you what we are going to do.  Each of these projects does not take long to do and can be done as we go about our usual activities for the day.

4 Service Projects for the MLK Day of Service


Service Idea #1:  We handed out our last hygiene while we were traveling for the holidays.  We will be making 2 Homeless Care Kits in a Sock. 


http://penniesoftime.blogspot.com/2013/04/penny-of-time-adventure-care-kit-for.html

Service Idea #2:  We have invited over an elderly friend for dinner.  The boys have picked out the menu and are excited to make dinner.  "We get to use a KNIFE to make dinner!" is what I heard from them when planning it out.  (Hoping they don't get too enthusiastic about that.)  UPDATE:  We just found out that it is her birthday and we are breaking out the streamers to give her a surprise dinner!

Service Idea #3:  We are also going to take flowers to a senior we met during one of our visits to the nursing home recently.  For more ideas on How to Help the Elderly.
http://penniesoftime.blogspot.com/2013/06/help-elderly-service-ideas-to-do-with.html

Service Idea #4:  One of the last things we will do is try and do a quick clean up by the creek that we usually clean on a weekly basis.  It has been too cold to be in the creek for the past couple of months.  It is time for us to make the effort and check in with how trashy it has become in our absence.

I encourage you to reach out with your children to help someone today.  It can be as simple as making it their mission to:
  • Hold doors open for others
  • Smile at others
  • Let others play first
  • And, Little Brother's favorite:  Hand out stickers to other kids at the grocery store.
I am excited to be joining several other writers to share stories and ideas of serving others and doing volunteer work with our kids.  Each of these blogs are part of the Multicultural Kid Blogs group and we are challenging our readers (and ourselves!) to take the time to do service with our children. 

Today, some of our wonderful bloggers are sharing ideas about the kinds of volunteer work they have done with their kids. Share your own ideas in the comments or by linking up below! You can also join the discussion in our Google + Community! For some ideas on doing volunteer work with kids, browse our list of family-friendly service projects or great organizations to support. You can also follow our Teaching Global Citizenship and Black History boards on Pinterest.

Participating Blogs

Share your own posts below!

5 comments:

  1. The idea of a kit fitting inside a sock is very cool! I like it and intend to make a few to leave inside the car to donate to those people near traffic lights asking for anything (not just $).
    Nice work with the kiddos!
    -Thereza

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  2. Soo excited to have found a community of helpers like this today! I am a relatively new blogger and have hoped and prayed to find others who are also in my niche (I blog about faith, advocacy, volunteering and more at www.shelivesfree.com). I will link up one of my posts here shortly! Already friended you on social media... so excited to have found some kindred spirits : )

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  3. Of course, I love all of these ideas and continue to be so inspired by all that you do! Thank you for your commitment to service and to inspiring others.

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  4. Wonderful ideas as always! I love that they are so excited about using a KNIFE haha! Thank you for participating in the MLK Day of Service blog hop!

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  5. This is absolutely beautiful! The act of benevolence can change lives.

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