• Shopping with people who cannot carry groceries
• Cleaning house for people who cannot
• Tutoring others (young or old) in skills you have (for example: school subjects; computer skills, etc.)
• Beautifying the church
• Restoring/fixing property (for example: a monastery, church cemetery, town park, etc.)
• Babysitting for busy parents
• Teaching church school classes
• Visiting shut-ins and people in nursing homes
• Others (Use back of this sheet)

See also “20-Something Ways to Involve Youth in Christ-like Service” on The Hub for Youth and Young Adult Ministry Resources at: http://yya.oca.org/TheHub/index.htm in the Activities section

People in Need and Community Resources
(Use as a guide for discussion and planning session for service project.)

Who are people in need?

1 those on welfare
2 the homeless
3 unwed mothers
4 families with infants and preschoolers
5 shut-ins
6 elderly who are isolated from their families and/or are ill
7 abused women and children
8 orphans and children in foster homes
9 widows/widowers
10 those in nursing homes
11 the imprisoned
12 the handicapped
13 the hospitalized
14 chemically dependent - drugs, alcohol
15 unemployed
16 immigrants
17 runaway youth
18 pregnant women who lack the financial resources to care for a baby
19 unskilled
20 mentally retarded
21 abusive parents
22 children of abusive parents
23 children of divorce
24 the poor
25 single parents
Common community resources followed by #(s) of group(s) indicated on list on left.

Alcoholics Anonymous: 14
Ala-teen: 14
Drug Abuse Clinic: 14
Big Brothers/Sisters Organizations: 22
County Family Services: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8
Parents Anonymous: 21
Teenage Parent Center: 3
Children's Home: 8
United Cerebral Palsy: 12
Services for Handicapped: 12
Vocational Development Center for the Handicapped: 12
County Board of Mental Retardation: 20
Association for Retarded Citizens: 20
Board of Employment Services: 15, 16
Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation: 19
County Pregnancy Crisis Center: 3, 18
Battered Women's Shelter: 7
Rape Crisis Center: 7
Goodwill Industries: 19
Headstart: 1, 3, 4, 22
International Institute: 16
Meals on Wheels/Mobile Meals: 6, 9
Safe Landing: 17
United Way: 7, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21
Visiting Nurse Association: 6, 9

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