Project Guidelines

Project Ideas for Young People ages 14-18 (9-12th grade)
  • Clean a polluted lake or river
  • Make a panel for the AIDS Quilt and give awareness presentations
  • Help design a playground in an under resourced neighborhood
  • Volunteer as a candy stripper in a hospital
  • Hold a forum about racism to form possible community solutions
  • Work as an aide in group homes for adults with disabilities.
  • Set up a peer counseling program
  • Serve on boards for non-profits that affect youth issues
  • Develop water quality projects to test and monitor local rivers and lakes
  • Help with repairs at a local homeless shelter or on homes of seniors in your community
  • If your community doesn't have a food bank, work with local officials to start one
  • Organize a senior prom with your local nursing home or senior center - teach them your dances and ask them to teach you theirs
  • Design and paint a mural over graffiti