Action Projects :
(We're hoping that action projects will accont for approx. 2/3 of all projects on Library Walk)
- Throw a frisbee to dog for a donation (proceeds go to animal shelter)
- Make a card for a senior citizen
- Make a giant card for a hospital
- Decorate lunch bags for donated meals
- Make luminaries to line walkway to Winterfest Concert to show # contributors
during week
- Shack-in-a-box
- Build a wheelchair ramp on Library walk
- Build a doghouse on Library Walk
- Letters to military, veterans, children
- Make ribbon flowers and donate with cards/meals
- Make bookmarks
- Absolutely incredible kids day
- Cut and donate hair to “locks of love” in Plaza/LW
- College wars
- Blood drive
- Decorate donated food cans with “we care” messages
- Fold paper cranes symbolizing good luck for hospital patients
- Mural/art project s
- Host a “college day” for children
- Make a recycling sculpture (Sun God?)
- Collect recycling/display recycling in one location for the week to show quantity
- Challenge administrators/faculty/staff
- Sign ups for future service projects
- Random acts of kindness
- “Nominate a friend” to recognize a kind deed/their work to benefit
the community/ their commitment to the principles of community- read aloud
in Plaza? Publish in the Guardian?
- “Help wanted ads”
- Create “101 ways to make a difference” flyer and post it across
campus
- Field trip to a volunteer agency
- Show a conscientious movie on campus
- “Walk/jog-a-thon”
- Create your own “_______-a-thon”
- Banner showing issues students care about
- Care packages
- Decorate planting pots for senior center
- Be creative… Possibilities are endless!!!
Fundraisers:
(note: the UCSD Bookstore will be collecting change to be donated to local charities)
- Girl Scout Cookie Sales
- “Kiss the Pig”
- Food sales (why not write a kind deed messages on napkins/cups )
- Dunk tank
- Use fountain to collect spare change
- Vote for your favorite charity with dollars
Donations:
*Note,
all donations this year will go to one local charity. The Donation drive will
be coordinated by the A.S. Volunteer Connection… Why
not challenge your group/res hall/apartment to come up with the most donations!)
- Blankets
- Blood/plasma
- Books
- Clothing
- Food
- Money
- School supplies
- Stuffed animals
- Toiletries/hygiene products
Issues Education/Civic Engagement Activities:
- Get out the Vote campaign
- Educate students about an issue you’re passionate about
- Hold a dialogue or host a speaker on a social/environmental issue
- Hold a protest/advocacy parade for people to make their voices heard
- Do an art project about an issue (ie. Recycle sculpture, issues student’s
care about graffiti wall, etc.
Use your imagination! Possibilities are endless!
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