Service and Service Projects

Joseph Smith, the first President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, taught,
"A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race"
(History of the Church, 4:227).

50 Ways to Serve Your Brother 

Service and Missionary Ideas for younger kids

Humanitarian Services

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50 Ways to Serve Your Brother 
by Christy Wardle 
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Plant or weed a garden 
Prepare a meal for someone in need 
Write a letter of appreciation 
Print out a scripture a day, and leave it for someone. Try to find scriptures that address something they might be struggling with, and give comfort. 
Pick a person you don't know very well at school and every time you see them, smile and say hello for at least week. 
Be a secret friend for someone you don't normally do things with. Find out about their likes and dislikes, hobbies, talents, etc. and plan accordingly. 
Make beanbags for a local children's hospital or women's shelter 
Read to younger children as part of a Library story time, for a teacher, at a local Boys and Girl's Club/YMCA or daycare. 
Volunteer to help out with a Primary sharing time or activity 
Everybody loves getting cookies ;o) 
Visit a senior center and "adopt" a grandparent. Visit them at least once a week. 
Make inspiration packs for the missionaries from your ward and send them out. Include stories, poems, art (or cartoons), anything that will help inspire them, and help them teach. 
Collect magazines and books to donate to a senior center or hospital. 
Wash windows or windshields 
Make copies of your family recipes, and give them to friends and family members 
Visit the Family History Center nearest you and prepare 3 names for baptism 
Make blankets for your local children's hospital or NICU 
Learn how to knit or crochet, and make potholders or dish cloths for the local homeless shelter (to use in the soup kitchen) 
Have a winter clothing drive and donate the clothes to your local homeless shelter 
Pick up litter in the park 
Tutor an elementary student in math, reading or another subject you are proficent at 
Go tracting with the missionaries 
Make a "rainy day" or "Sacrament Quiet Time" kit for a busy mom to use with her children. Include coloring pages *printed from the web*, games, puzzles, etc. 
Vacuum someone's living or family room 
Rake up leaves 
Collect cans of food for your local food bank 
Help to clean the church building every week for a month 
Volunteer to say the opening or closing prayer in one of your church meetings for a month (this includes activities). 
Help to sort clothes at a thrift store like the Salvation Army, Deseret Industries or Goodwill 
Wash dishes at home every night for a month. Or, volunteer to wash dishes at the next ward activity. 
Take an elderly person's dog for regular walks 
Volunteer at the animal shelter 
Hug at least three people a day 
Let someone go in front of you at the checkout line or in traffic 
Volunteer to babysit so a mother can go grocery or Holiday shopping 
Make and freeze single servings of different sauces, etc. and take the frozen meals to a widow or widower to eat when they need them. Write the cooking instructions on the bags, or tape them to the bags. 
Help to take Enrichment Night fliers, Newsletters, etc. to the homes of ward members 
Write weekly letters to missionaries from your ward 
Ask the missionaries if you can help them mark Books of Mormon 
Write down your testimony and make copies for the mission office to put in Books of Mormon to be handed out. 
Mow lawns 
Make teddy bears for the local police or fire department to give to kids they rescue (FREE PATTERN) 
Help a child in primary memorize the Articles of Faith 
Mend clothes and replace buttons 
Teach someone to read 
Help someone to paint a fence or house 
Go through your jewelery, shoes and clothes. Take what you don't wear anymore to a women's shelter. 
Interview an older relative and tape your conversation. Afterwards, type up the history, and send copies to your family. 
Read a book a day to a child for a month 

More Ideas

1. We are packing/sending care packages to members overseas who are 
in the military. We are sending snacks, games, etc. One sister said 
her husband was amazed at how excited they were to receive a bag of 
clothespins!

2. Another sister in our branch told us that in her husband's unit 
there are a lot of single men who have NO ONE writing or sending them 
packages---not even their own mothers! For the next FHE, we are 
asking every member to write a letter to a soldier. We will give 
them to that sister who will mail them to her husband and he will 
give them out. Think of what it would be like if no one contacted 
you for 3-6 months. 

3. We are collecting non-perishable food items to take to 2 group 
homes for the intellectually disabled in our county. Many don't 
budget well and this will help out quite a bit.

4. This service project we won't begin until mid-to late-April. We 
are going to pack care packages for the nonmembers in our 2 sisters' 
husband's units. We hope to ask each family to pack/ mail them to 
the soldiers directly. This is if we can get name/mailing address of 
the men in the 2 units.