SOCIALLY DISTANCED SERVICE PROJECTS

• Sponsor adoption fees for your local pet shelter or humane society

• Sell awareness ribbons and donate the proceeds to a charity- Advertise through Facebook or other social media platforms and deliver to buyer’s’ front doors

• Collect soda can tabs for the Ronald McDonald House and mail them in

• Inspiration bracelets- Get crafty and create bracelets that bring awareness to causes close to you- Advertise via social media and mail or drop them off for the buyer

• Write encouraging chalk messages on the sidewalks at nursing homes (if permitted)

• Distribute leaf bags and oer to assist neighbors with raking their yards

• Create a compilation of online videos to share on the school website or Facebook with encouraging words, quotes, or songs

• Gather newspapers and give to a local animal shelter to line their crates

• Make videos of reading books online for primary school students

• Call local nonprofits to find out current needs in your community

• Paint the window of a local small business to show love and support (if permitted)

• Donate gently used clothing to a local charity in your community

• Organize a songfest and perform outside the windows of a nursing home

• Plant a community garden

• Offer dog-walking services to those who cannot give their pets the proper amount of exercise

• Decorate kindness rocks and leave inspiring messages in a garden or park

• Organize a hike or nature walk (if you are able to in your area) and bring bags to collect trash along the trails

DONATION-BASED SERVICE PROJECTS

• Host a coat drive for the homeless

• Host a sock drive for your local homeless shelter

• Host a bottled water drive for the homeless

• Host a Thanksgiving food drive for a children’s home

• Sponsor a school supply drive for a low-income school or families

• Host a hat drive for an organization that gives hats and head coverings to children with cancer

• Host a pet supply drive and collect items your local animal shelter needs

• Host a supply drive for the Children’s Shelter—Collect donations of school supplies, gently used  clothing and shoes, personal hygiene items, etc. Work with the shelter to determine their greatest needs

• Host a toy drive for children in long-term hospital stays

• Host a blanket drive for seniors or the homeless

• Host a canned food drive for your local food pantry

• Raise funds to donate to the local pregnancy center in your community

• Create treat bags for the janitorial staff in your district

• Collect change to donate to local organizations in your area

• Create care packages of personal items for the homeless- Donate to your homeless shelter who can determine individuals with greatest need

• Collect personal care items to give to United States Service men and women

• Have students and teachers bring in gently used clothing items to donate or have a sale and donate the  money to a charity

EVENT-BASED SERVICE PROJECTS

• Have a push up-a-thon (or other type of workout/walk) to raise money for a local cause that is close to  your club—Have supporters donate per pushup, mile, etc. that each member completes

• Host Bingo at a Senior Center or Nursing Home complete with Dollar Store prizes. It makes their day!

• Host a dodgeball, softball, volleyball, etc. tournament with an entry fee for spectators and participants,  donate proceeds to a charitable organization

• Host a craft day with elementary students in your district

• Have a bake sale and donate the proceeds to a charitable organization

• Host a blood drive at your school

• Host a Lemonade Lollipops and Skittles (LLS) sale to benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)

•  Host an Alumni dinner- Invite graduates of your school and donate admission fees to a philanthropy  your school partners with

• Participate in Relay for Life

ACTIVITY-BASED SERVICE PROJECTS

• Write letters of encouragement to soldiers overseas

• Write letters of encouragement to nursing home residents

• Create colorful placements/name cards/centerpieces for nursing home residents’ Thanksgiving dinner  or other holidays

• Make fleece blankets for the homeless

• Create Valentine’s Day cards for a children’s hospital

• Create signs to put up in your school that invoke happiness and inspiration for everyone who sees them

• Volunteer to clean the football field after games or the gym after basketball games

• Head up a highway cleanup project!

• Clean up the roads around your district’s schools

• Volunteer at the soup kitchen in your city

• Collect and deliver snacks to your fire or police departments

• Do yard work for an elderly neighbor

• Sponsor a high school student to attend prom

• Tutor students in your school on subjects that might be challenging to them

• Read books to kindergarteners in your district

SERVICE IDEA GUIDE - FUNDRAISING & SERVICE

• Create a community library- Have students and teachers donate gently used books for members of the community to read and trade

• Head up a recycling program in your school- have students and teachers bring plastic and aluminum from home to recycle

• Work with a local organization to provide Christmas gifts to children who might not otherwise get anything for Christmas

• Adopt a senior and help them with grocery shopping, house chores, yard work, anything they may need help with

• Develop a Clothes Closet for your school and community- accept gently used items for anyone in need  to take

• Sponsor a child to make their wish come true

• Create happy grams- write notes of encouragement and kindness to students and teachers in your school to lift their spirits and create a positive environment  *Could also send these via email if your school is virtual

• Volunteer at a local college’s sporting events- run concessions, hand out programs, clean up after the game, etc.

• Host a pantry drive for your local hospice center

SCHOOL-WIDE FUNDRAISERS

• Concession stands at school sporting events — have parents/teachers/your community members donate food and drinks to sell with profits going to your club!

• Have a movie night in your school gym/cafeteria/outside with access to a projector—Charge an entry fee and sell donated pizza, snacks, drinks during the movie, have students bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on *Can make this holiday themed — Christmas movie, Halloween, etc.

• Host a school dance

• Have a bake sale

• Have a dodgeball (or other sport) tournament with faculty vs. students. Charge each person to  participate. Sell donated snacks during the event.

• Sell t-shirts or other items with school name/logo — Helpful hint: Pre-order these so you don’t have  leftovers!

• Host a yard sale with students/teachers/sta donating items to be sold- Don’t forget to advertise on  your club’s/school’s social media platforms!

• Create an escape room fun day — Have your Beta Club create a few escape room scenarios for other  students and school sta to complete. Charge an entrance fee.

• Dessert/cakes/pies auction — have the bakers in your school/community donate a delicious homemade  cake, pie, or dessert to be auctioned o with proceeds going to the Beta Club

• Have a school talent show with ticket sales going to the Beta Club

• Hat days on Friday — Charge students $1 to wear their favorite (school appropriate) hat

• Talk to your principal about having jean days for your teachers with proceeds going to the Beta Club.  Charge a fee for teachers to wear jeans on a given day.

• Host a “Painting night with Betas” — Anyone who wants to participate can pay a fee to paint a  pre-drawn picture

• Host a pancake supper

• Host a teacher lip sync battle with entrance fees going to the Beta Club

• Have a fun run/walk with proceeds going to the Beta Club

• Have a spaghetti dinner

• Have Spirit Week where each day is a different theme. Have students dress for the theme and pay a  small fee to participate.

• Sell Spirit links — cut strips of construction paper and sell each for a dollar. Have homerooms or  specific classes of students compete to see which classroom has the most school spirit!

• Milk jug competition — Beta members decorate a milk jug, have friends and family vote for them by  putting change inside their favorite decorated jug.

• Host Trunk or Treat for Halloween on the football field 

• Host Trivia night and charge an entry fee to participate 

SEASONAL FUNDRAISERS 

• Sell roses at Valentine’s Day 

• Sell orange crush sodas for Valentine’s Day — Have students buy these throughout the week before Valentine’s Day, then have your Beta Club deliver them on the actual day 

• Sell candy grams at Valentine’s Day 

• Sell candy cane grams at Christmas

•  Sell turkey grams at Thanksgiving 

• Plan a Fall Festival, Haunted House, or Halloween Carnival 

• Plant sale in the spring — have parents, teachers, community members donate seeds for your Beta Club to plant and sell the seedlings 

• Sell lollipops or other seasonal candy 

• Sell fall mums starting in September 

• Have a basket filling contest — Each home room comes up with a theme for students to bring in donated items for. Auction off the baskets and the proceeds go to your Beta Club. 

COMMUNITY PARTNER FUNDRAISERS 

• Sell doughnuts through your local doughnut shop fundraiser 

• Sell chocolate bars

• Sell popcorn 

• Ask local businesses to sponsor your Beta Club. Hang their business banners/posters at sporting events, etc. 

• Peel to save cards or mobile coupon app (on your phone) for restaurants in your area 

• Coupon books — Ask restaurants, stores, etc. in your community if they are interested in putting a coupon to their establishment in a coupon book. Beta members sell the books. 

• Have a car wash one Saturday morning at a local business with lots of trac 

• Have Bingo Night at your school or community center — Charge per Bingo card, have prizes donated for the Bingo winners 

• Partner with a local restaurant to have Beta Night, a percentage of the night’s profits go to your club 

• Rae o a TV, headphones, etc. donated by the community/local businesses 

• Sell ads for businesses to be included in the football program or any sport/club’s program 

• National Beta fundraiser: Tumblers for Tomorrow.

VIRTUAL FUNDRAISERS 

• Ask for donations from local businesses/parents/teachers/etc. (can be done over the phone, by letter or email) 

• Host a silent auction with donations from the community (can be done in person or by posting photos of auction items on a Facebook group or other platform)