By Renee Durham • Official Kids Mag
There are many ways to help others in your school,
community or city. Random Acts of Kindness day could be a
stepping stone down a path of making people smile everyday.
If you have seen Official Kids Mag, you may have seen our Kid
Hero stories where we feature kids who do kind things for others
like raising money for the animal shelter, or making blessing bags
or coming up with ways to recycle more.
Official Kids Mag did some thinking to come up with volunteer
opportunities you can do with your family, friends and classmates.
I bet you have even more ideas, and if you want to share how you
are growing your heart, TELL US ABOUT IT. Have your adult
email krice@officialkidsmag.com
We want to share what you are doing!
• Tutoring or helping other kids. If you are great at math,
or history or some other subject, offer to help kids just like you
by tutoring them in the subjects you are good at.
• Write letters to soldiers far away from home or other
members of the military who may need to see a cheerful note.
There are many opportunities to write letters to deployed troops
currently overseas in harm's way, veterans who have served our
country, new recruits who will be shipping out far away from family
soon, or wounded heroes who were injured in the line of duty. This
a cool way to thank them for their service. You and your adult can
get more information at www.operationgratitude.com/ if you want
to write to our military service members and soldiers.
• Make cards or send letters to kids or other people in
the hospital. Cards you decorate or draw for people who are
in the hospital is a welcome piece of art or message when they are
trying to get well. You could work with your class and send cards
to different areas of the hospital, like the cardiac
patients, or the children's hospital. What a great
way to let people you want them to get well and
you are thinking of them.
• Have a food drive or volunteer at a
food bank. There are many kids who get one
good meal a day at lunchtime. You can work with
the school and local food bank to get donations.
The food banks need help all year to make sure
everyone has enough food.
• Create a school garden or participate
in a community garden. Playing in the dirt
can't get any better when you are doing it for
your community. Make sure to check with the
principal to see if you and your class can build a
school garden.
Volunteer KIDS...
46 • Of f icialKidsMag.com • FEBRUARY 2020
