In Group
- Write encouraging letters to Northwest Missionaries.
- Write encouraging notes to Northwest Shut-ins.
- Write encouraging notes to the Teens/Children.
- Help group members with household fixes / yard work / car or computer maintenance, etc.
- Send Christmas, Birthday and Anniversary packages to Northwest Missionaries.
Church Service Projects
- Do yard work / household fixes for a Northwest Shut-in or PrimeTimer.
- Game night at a Northwest Shut-in or PrimeTime’s home.
- Provide babysitting for Northwest parents at the building by providing fun games for their kids.
Community Service Projects
- Attend a local kid’s (someone you know!) sporting event and provide water and/or food for the team & parents.
- Volunteer to clean up the grounds at a local school (or connect with a local school and ask what they need).
- Throw a simple block party for the neighborhood where you meet.
- If appropriate, consider hosting a party for someone’s co-workers / office.
- Find a local charity in need of volunteers for a big event – such as 5K runs, fundraisers, etc.
- Adopt the fire fighters or police personnel at your area station and see how you can best serve them.
- Clean up the roadways and parks in your neighborhood.
- Prepare and serve snacks for the Mobile Health Clinic on Friday afternoons (contact Kay Koontz).
- Consider teaching English as a second language classes connected to after-school programs or Goodwill.
Area Service Projects
- Do Search & Rescue with Union Gospel Mission.
- Volunteer at Seattle Urban Academy.
- Feed the homeless at one of the rescue missions in downtown Seattle – Union Gospel Mission, Bread of Life, Compass Center.
- Cook and serve lunch under the freeway with Operation Sacklunch in downtown Seattle.
- Volunteer to package food for the food banks at Northwest Second Harvest.
- Volunteer at the Orion Center – a non-faith based agency that helps street kids.
- Serve food at POPY’s Cafe in Shoreline.
- Become a tutor at a local school.
- Volunteer at the Northwest Center for Human Services.
- Get together a work party and help build Vision House in Shoreline.
- Volunteer at a local nursing home.
- Get your entire group to volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the local YMCA, or Boys and Girls Clubs.
- Participate in Sock It To Me at Operation Nightwatch.
- Provide meals for students at Huskies for Christ.
- Volunteer with Interfaith AIDS Alliance or Rosehedge House.
Regional and Global Projects
- Travel as a group to volunteer for the weekend in an inner city church in Portland (or other close by location).
- Contact the local tribal groups to see what kind of weekend projects that you can help with.
- Mobilize your group to go help with disaster relief (floods, fires, etc) so that you can go as a group on short notice.
- Travel to Mexico as a group and build a house with Club Rust or another organization.
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