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Improve Your State Volunteer Projects
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See something. Do something.

Choose a practical micro-project, help improve your community, document the result, and submit your work for review. These projects are designed to make volunteering easy to do while you are already out in your community.

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📱 A Camera-Enabled Smartphone Is Required

These are in-person community service projects. To complete and submit one of these projects, please use a camera-enabled smartphone.

Use your phone's camera to take the required before and after photos while completing the project, then return to this page on that same phone and upload the original photos directly from your phone's photo library.

Do not email, text, screenshot, edit, resize, or re-save your project photos before uploading them.

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How Volunteer Micro-Projects Work

Choose one of the approved projects below and complete the activity specifically for your community service. You will document what you did so that one of our work supervisors can review the activity before any community service time is approved.

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Choose a Project Select an activity that you can safely and honestly complete.
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Document Your Work Use your phone's camera to take the required before and after photos while completing the project.
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Tell Us What You Did Answer the questions and report the actual time you spent working.
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Supervisor Review A work supervisor reviews your submission before time is approved.

⚠️ Important Rules for Community Service Credit

The activity must be performed after you choose to complete it for community service. Past activities, old photographs, old videos, or work that you previously performed cannot be submitted for new community service credit.

Only report the time you actually spent performing the service activity. Travel time, shopping for supplies, breaks, unrelated activities, and time spent completing the submission form may not qualify as community service time unless specifically stated otherwise.

Photos, videos, written answers, timestamps, and other information may be reviewed to determine whether an activity was completed and how much time should be approved.

Submitting false information, reused evidence, staged evidence, altered evidence, or claiming work you did not personally perform may result in rejection of the activity, loss of eligibility for additional projects, suspension, or termination from the program.

🛡️ Safety, Privacy & Photo/Video Rules

Your Safety Comes First

Never perform an activity that appears unsafe. Do not trespass, enter traffic, handle needles, broken glass, chemicals, weapons, hazardous material, human waste, or other potentially dangerous objects.

Do not perform work requiring special training, licensing, protective equipment, or authorization unless you are appropriately qualified and permitted.

Protect Other People's Privacy

You generally do not need to photograph the person you are helping. Focus your evidence on yourself, the activity, and the work performed.

Do not intentionally photograph or record identifiable people without their permission. Avoid showing private addresses, license plates, account information, school records, medical information, passwords, or other sensitive personal information.


For participants under 18:

Choose age-appropriate activities and follow the instructions of your parent or legal guardian regarding where you may go, who you may interact with, and what activities you may safely perform.

Choose a Volunteer Project

Select a project below to see the complete instructions and submission requirements.

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Community Cleanup
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🌳
Park Cleanup
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🚏
Bus Stop Cleanup
Up to 45 Minutes  •  Environment
🥾
Walking Trail Cleanup
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🏫
Cleanup Near a School or Community Facility
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
♻️
Community Recycling Cleanup
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🌱
Community Beautification
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🍂
Yard Work for Someone Who Needs Help
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
🧺
Help Someone Organize or Clean
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
🍽️
Provide a Meal to a Homeless Person
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
🧥
Provide Warm Clothing or a Blanket to a Homeless Person
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
🧼
Deliver a Hygiene Kit to a Homeless Person
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
💧
Provide Water and Essential Supplies to a Homeless Person
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
🎒
Prepare and Deliver a Homeless Essentials Bag
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Helping Others
🌧️
Clean Up Around a Storm Drain
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🏞️
Remove Litter From a Creek, Riverbank, or Beach Area
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🪑
Clean Up Around a Public Bench or Picnic Area
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🅿️
Clean Up a Public Parking Lot With Permission
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
📬
Clean Up Around a Community Mailbox Area
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🌿
Clean Up an Adoptable Public Area
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🏪
Remove Litter From Around a Local Business With Permission
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🏛️
Clean Up Around a Public Memorial or Monument
Up to 60 Minutes  •  Environment
🚏
Report a Damaged or Missing Street Sign
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Reporting & Civic Action
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Report a Damaged Bus Stop or Transit Facility
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Reporting & Civic Action
Report a Blocked or Damaged Sidewalk
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Reporting & Civic Action
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Report a Damaged Playground Fixture
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Reporting & Civic Action
🌳
Report a Fallen or Damaged Public Tree
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Reporting & Civic Action
📍
Report a Community Maintenance Problem
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Community
🎨
Report Graffiti
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Community
🚯
Report Illegal Dumping
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Community
💡
Report a Broken Streetlight
Up to 20 Minutes  •  Community
⚠️
Report a Public Safety or Maintenance Hazard
Up to 30 Minutes  •  Community
🚰
Report a Public Water Leak or Similar Problem
Up to 20 Minutes  •  Community
🔎
Follow Up on a Previously Reported Community Problem
Up to 20 Minutes  •  Community
❤️
Other Verified Volunteer Project
Time Based on Actual Service  •  Other
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🌎 Your Service Can Become Part of Our Improve Your State Impact

When participants give us permission to share their projects, approved photos and stories may help demonstrate the real-world impact being created through our community service program.

Community cleanups, donations, environmental projects, educational assistance, and other acts of service help show how participants are making communities better across the country.

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