Children and Families

Here are some ways you can begin sharing yourself and your interests to bless the lives of these special people who need the gift of your time.

1. Contact your local children’s hospital and ask if you can come in to read one afternoon a week. If you don’t have a children’s hospital, contact the head nurse of the children’s ward at a hospital.
2. Be a playmate to children. Contact your local children’s hospital and ask if you can come in to play games with the children one afternoon a week.
3. Take donated food items to the parents and staff caregivers of hospitalized children.
4. Start a sports program such as a recreational basketball league in an underprivileged community. Ask a local church or private school to loan their facilities.
5. Serve in after-school and summer programs.
6. Teach arts and crafts in after school and summer programs.
7. Become a tutor.
8. Take donated food items to needy families.
9. Take donated food items to your local food bank.