"Everyone can be great because everyone can serve"- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is great that everyone wants to help Haiti after the earthquake but let's not just get caught up in the moment and forget about helping others when this fades. Let's keep this spirit of service going! There is so much need. There is always need! Make service a ritual in your life. Participating in service projects not only helps those you care for, but is a healing and renewing process for you as you help them.
What will you continue to do? What will you do next? What do you do on a consistent basis to serve?
For the last few years, in my youth programs we do differently monthly themes of service, you can use that as inspiration!
- January MLK Day of Service, Peace & Non-Violent Communication
- February Love & Black History Awareness
- March Women's History Month Awareness
- April Literacy thru Poetry & Global Youth Service Day
- May It's My Park Day: plant trees and help beautify your local park
- June Music & Art volunteer to teach someone how to draw, sing, etc.
- July Clean a Local Beach
- August Donate School Supplies
- September It's My Park Day: plant trees and help beautify your local park
- October Breast Cancer/Domestic Violence Awareness
- November Hunger & Poverty/Canned Goods & Coat Donations
- December World AIDS Day
There are many social issues that need our attention. Choose a cause that you are passionate about and go from there!
"We all have a great desire to be able to live in peace and to have environmental sustainability" ~ Thich Naht Hanh
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