We did an old series called Do Something where we gave them a sealed envelope with 30 pieces of paper in it – different challenges to pull out and take on this month. Here’s some of the list, take it, steal it, adapt it, have fun with it:
- Post a status on facebook.com with a statistic involving the poverty of the world.
- Read the TOMS shoes story www.tomsshoes.com and think about what you could start to help people in need.
- Pick up trash after you eat lunch every day this week to serve the custodians at your school.
- Go through some park/school/house trashcans and look for bottles/cans to recycle and raise money to donate.
- Write Romans 12:2 on your mirror to read everyday when you wake up.
- Iron-on or use a permanent marker to write statistics on an old T-shirt and wear it around your school.
- Write Matthew 25:40 on a Post-It note and put it on your binder. Babysit for a single mom to give her some quiet time. Sit with someone sitting alone at lunch and be friends with them.
- Sit with someone sitting alone at church this weekend. Take a minute and pray for someone close to you in need.
- Light a birthday candle, and pray for a need until the candle burns out.
- Open every door for every person you can this week. Ask your mom how you can help with dinner, set the table without being asked.
- Help your little brother or sister with their homework, then take them out for frozen yogurt.
- Go to Isaiah House (homeless shelter once a month through HSM) and have conversations with widowed women and their children. Collect your loose change around the house and donate it.
- Wash someone’s car for them. No Charge!
- Talk with someone who is struggling emotionally and provide them with words of comfort. Write a letter to a soldier and send it to www.soldiersangels.com.
- Help someone who dropped their books at school, pick them up.
- Sign up for the next Compton work day which is January 23rd.
- Fast for a day. When you get hungry, think of those who go multiple days in hunger.
- Create a sign to remind yourself to turn off the water while brushing your teeth; it can save up to 2 gallons of water a day.
- Buy reusable bags to give out in your neighborhood to eliminate the usage of plastic bags.
- Collect canned goods in your house and donate them to the HSM food drive next weekend.
- Collect 100 canned goods in your neighborhood and donate them to the HSM food drive next weekend.
- Be creative! Create a bumper sticker for your car that raises awareness of poverty or encourages others to “Do Something”
- Spend an hour researching poverty on wikipedia.com to educate yourself on the strife our world faces today.
- Search www.youtube.com for compassionate or inspiring videos and post them on Facebook.
- Turn off your phone for a day, and use the quiet to reflect on how much we have and how little so many others have. What will you do about it?
- Go through your closet and donate clothes you don’t wear anymore to the HSM clothing drive.
- Invite someone to church with you and ask them to join you in doing something.
- Give your weekly allowance to someone who needs money for lunch at school.
JG
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