Christmas Shoppers’ Babysitting Service:
Choose an evening or afternoon to sit any children in the unit whose parents would like to do some Christmas shopping together without children. Set a time limit for the baby sitting (2-4 hours), and bring lots of toys and treats to entertain the children in your building’s gym or multi-purpose room. You may also wish to collect names and…
Food Bank Scavenger Hunt
Take the youth around a SAFE neighborhood in GROUPS inviting people to donate canned items or unperishables to the Food Bank from the list (accept items not on the list as well if the charity will take them). The group with the most items wins a prize or gets to pick treats from a box first. Note: Our local Food…
The Suzie Homemaker Awards
Set up stations with homemaker skills, such as ironing, folding towels, cooking a pancake, sewing on a button, and diapering a baby doll. Have the girls go to each station and race to see who can accomplish each task first. The winner at each station gets a “Suzie Homemaker Award” — a ribbon or paper gold medal on a string…
Learning about your Community
Attend a town meeting, a public school board meeting, or other public civic event. Volunteer to help out at a polling location during voting season.