Make a Difference Day takes place on the fourth Saturday in October every year. This is your chance to make an impact on your community through volunteer work. It's also the perfect opportunity to introduce your kids to volunteering.
Check out our list of 27 easy ways to volunteer.
- Organize a canned goods or coat drive.
- Coach a children's sports team.
- Pick up an elderly neighbor or family member’s medicine or groceries for them.
- Create "I Care" kits for the homeless or shelters (combs, toothbrushes, shampoo, etc).
- Volunteer to walk dogs or cuddle with cats at your local animal shelter.
- Bring snacks to your local fire or police station.
- Coordinate a neighborhood park cleanup or clean up with your family.
- Start a Little Free Library in your community.
- Help at a homeless shelter or food bank.
- Volunteer at your local boys and girls club.
- Deliver meals to homebound community members.
- Sign up to volunteer for a charity race.
- Tutor students in your local schools.
- Give your time to Habitat for Humanity.
- Make cards for residents at a local nursing home.
- Read to young students, visually impaired, or the elderly.
- Write notes to teachers who have had a positive effect on you or your child.
- Foster a pet.
- Write a letter to a First Responder, Military, or Veteran via Operation Gratitude.
- Support the Pajama Program, which provides books and pajamas to kids in need.
- Volunteer at your local library or museum.
- Participate in a local unified program.
- Collect toys for a toy drive or patients at the children's hospital.
- Check out local volunteer opportunities in Highlands Ranch.
- Check out local volunteer opportunities in Parker.
- Check out local volunteer opportunities in Lone Tree.
- Check out local volunteer opportunities in Castle Rock.
