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.
Use your cell phone camera to take a before photo before you begin the work. After the work is completed, take an after photo showing the finished result. When you are done, return to this page and upload both the before and after photos from your phone.
Do not email, text, screenshot, edit, resize, or re-save your project photos before uploading them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Select a project below to see the complete instructions and submission requirements.
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.
