July is a month full of fun in the sun, vacation destinations, and backyard barbecues. Any wonder why it is Anti-Boredom Month, we think not!
If you are actually bored this summer, choosing to do a volunteer project is the best way to combat it! Celebrate July’s anti-boredom theme by being proactive within your community. Check out our volunteer ideas below to get started!
- Become a certified lifeguard. Becoming a lifeguard is a great summer job, plus you are really helping out your community by ensuring safety.
- Organize a volley ball game in your neighborhood. Proceeds benefit a local nonprofit.
- Teach your child the valuable skill of swimming. Drowning is the second leading cause of childhood death.
- Hold a school supply drive for the upcoming school year.
- Teach a swimming lesson class for kids in your neighborhood.
- Make art for a hospital or retirement home.
- Volunteer at a senior center’s bingo night.
- Volunteer at the zoo or animal shelter.
- Educate community members about the dangers of heat related injuries.
- Volunteer as a summer camp counselor.
- Volunteer to be a dog walker for your busy neighbors.
- Adopt a grandparent or mentor a younger child.
- Hold a teacher appreciation luncheon.
- Hold a book drive for summer reading materials.
- Perform a free concert in your local park.
- Help a prospective college student prepare for their SAT.
- Clean up your local park or river.
- Establish a nature preserve in your community.
- Start a community garden full of summer fruits and veggies.
- Babysit a busy parent’s children for free so that they can finish other obligations.
- Clean a bed-ridden neighbor’s home.
- Volunteer to buy groceries for a family in need.
- Volunteer to be a part of a beach cleanup.
- Hold a car wash and donate your profits to a nonprofit in your community.
- Volunteer to cut a neighbor’s lawn or clean their pool.
You can beat your summer boredom through so many different volunteer activities. Volunteering will not only benefit you, but also your community. By giving back, you will not only feel less boredom, but you will also be in a much better mood!
Get out in that summer sun and volunteer this month to better your community! You never know the opportunity that awaits you!
How are you volunteering this summer? We would love to hear about your projects in the comments section below!
Today is a BIG day for youth service! “Why?” you ask. July 2nd is the beginning of 
lication through the generationOn website. Kids can choose a challenge team and project ideas. Once a pledge is made, kids can also challenge their friends to be heroes through the use of social media. Once the challenge is met, kids can share their projects through video, essays, or pictures to inspire other youth. All participants will receive a certificate of completion after the project as well!
school. Your child or teen can get involved in solving this important problem by making a work of art for a shelter, making a pillow buddy, hosting a princess party to collect fairytale books, making health kits, collecting school supplies boxes, advocating for the homeless, etc.
The world needs more action heroes, are you up to the challenge? We hope that your children will make the pledge to accept one of these eight hero challenges to better his or her community!
