Service Projects’ Focus & Ideas

Through Kids Korps USA, everyone benefits: Youth: have a positive outlet, learn about their community, and understand the value of their service to others; Nonprofits: achieve their mission thanks to the selfless work of kids who care; Businesses: a grassroots opportunity and way to collaborate and give back; and, Our community: everyone benefits as our world is a much better place through each act of giving that builds leaders for life. Kids Korps USA directly supports hundreds of nonprofits that positively address the spectrum of community services…
Health & Human Services

Sort and package food at food banks
Serve food at church, soup kitchen or shelter
Create blankets for Stuff-A-Bag
Organize a food and toy drive
Host holiday parties and make crafts with shelter residents
Visit with residents at a veteran’s hospital or nursing home
Participate in Special Olympics

Animals & Environment

Graffiti removal
Tree planting
Storm drain stenciling
Collect pet food and donate to shelters
Start a dog-walking group with friends for elderly neighbors

Civic & Community

Serve as a Teen Leader/Mentor for Kids Korps projects
Organize your own project with the help of Kids Korps staff
Be an intern for a nonprofit
Serve as a booth liaison at community fairs and trade shows

International Aid & Disaster Relief

Build-A-Beehive and empower women in Mexico
Help build homes in Mexico
Organize a fundraising drive for a specific need
Organize a drive to collect goods when a disaster strikes
Volunteer through Kids Korps to join a Red Cross effort

Education & Research

Be a tutor or mentor underprivileged children
Volunteer at Head Start preschools
Teach a craft or special skill to groups of children
Read books to children

Arts & Culture

Volunteer at a museum or art gallery
Help out at a community gathering
Help coordinate plays and productions