For Kids Only: Big and Small Ideas to Make a Difference
Anyone can make a difference – whether it’s through education, advocacy or community service, you can make a difference no matter what your age. You can pick an issue and start a club at school, help clean up a local park, donate to a soup kitchen or shelter, you can even write a letter to an elected official. Keep reading for ideas and resources.
Advocacy at Any Age
Advocacy is the process by which you can make your voice heard on behalf of the issues that matter most. Speaking out on important issues is a critical part of the democratic process. Policy makers count on ideas and information from their constituents, using that input to form laws and polices. If you think a proposal misses the mark or a new law is needed, share your ideas.
How to Contact an Elected Official
How to Organize a March or Rally
Using Social Media to Advocate for Change
Social Media Transformed Teens’ Ability to Build Activist Movements Online
11 Teens Using Social Media for Good Deeds
Youth Activist Toolkit by Advocates for Youth
Tikkun Olam
In modern Jewish circles, Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) has become almost synonymous with community service and social justice. Many of us have grown up with service – volunteering with friends and family or coming up with an original mitzvah project in anticipation of a b’nai mitzvot. Others may have never had this opportunity before. Ether way, community service benefits both the giver and the receiver and no age is too young or too old to begin volunteering!
NCJW Community Service Projects to do with Family and Friends
Volunteer Opportunities in the Chicagoland Jewish Community
70 Community Service Project Ideas
20 Easy Ways to Volunteer in Your Community
How to Find Virtual Volunteer Opportunities