Share your month of service ideas! Browse through the list of ideas below and click here to submit a new one.

• Promote a campus recycling program.
• Plant a garden in your community.
• Paint a fence.
• Pair with the Elks Lodge near you and adopt a highway.
• Visit a nursing home.
• Volunteer at an animal shelter.
• Serve a meal at a homeless shelter.
• Deliver meals to homebound individuals.
• Hold a used book sale and donate the money.
• Tutor students who are learning English as a second language.
• Collect children’s books for the needy.
• Clean up litter in a local park.
• Hold an afternoon dance for your local nursing home.
• Start a collection drive for old sports equipment and donate it to needy families.
• Help neighbors paint and repair their homes.
• Contact Habitat for Humanity to see how you can support them in your community.
• Clean up vacant lot.
• Organize a local blood drive with the American Red Cross.
• Recognize veterans in your community.
• Volunteer to help at a Special Olympics event.

The possibilities are endless! We encourage you think outside the box and find a service project you are passionate about. Also, think about inviting Elks scholars to join you in a service project you are already involved in.