Project Guidelines

What is and is not age appropriate service for youth in grades 6-8?

Is age appropriate...

  • Youth Action Councils, where they design service activities for other young people in their community
  • Helping food banks with inventory
  • Participating in a community clean up
  • Volunteering at a soup kitchen, nursing home or day care center.
  • Starting a conflict resolution program
  • Tutoring elementary students after school
  • Planting a garden at a homeless shelter

Is not age appropriate...

  • Self-directed and self-guided Youth Action Councils without adult supervision
  • Delivering meals to homebound residents
  • Building a playground in an underprivileged neighborhood
  • Making placemats for soup kitchens, nursing homes, or day care centers
  • Starting a peer counseling program
  • Tutoring youth in juvenile justice centers
  • Renovating a homeless shelter