End Hunger
Place paper bags on doorsteps in your community. Write a letter introducing PTPI and GYSD and invite families to take part in GYSD by placing canned goods in the bags. Pick up and deliver the canned goods the following day.
Help cook and/or serve a meal at a homeless shelter
Collect grocery coupons and give to a local food bank
Pack and hand out food at a food pantry or a food bank
Organize a neighborhood group to plant, tend and harvest a vegetable garden and donate the produce
Organize a canned goods drive in conjunction with a school dance or event and donate the goods
Deliver meals to homebound individuals
Universal Education
Paint a mural over graffiti at a local school
Form volunteer teams for a campus safety escort service
Tutor a student that needs help learning English or another school subject
Become a mentor to a younger student or a student with special needs
Hold a book drive for a school in need of more resources
Gender Equity
Contact your local League of Women Voters or voter registration office to see how you can help
Volunteer at a battered women’s shelter
Hold a clothing/food drive to benefit a battered women’s shelter
Sponsor a school assembly to promote and educate individuals about gender equity issues
Children's Health
Organize and invite local police officers to present a drug awareness or bike safety assembly
Volunteer to help at a Special Olympics event
Bring toys to children in the cancer ward of the a hospital
Raise money to adoptachild in need
Volunteer at an agency that works with emotionally disturbed children
Create encouraging cards for children with terminal illnesses
Maternal Health
Sponsor a baby supplies drive and donate items to mothers with financial need
Compile packs of folic acid for young women in developing countries
Hold a workshop about healthy habits during pregnancy
Combat HIV/AIDS
Promote HIV/AIDS awareness and education
Raise money to benefit HIV/AIDS research efforts
Environmental Sustainability
Raise money to adopt an acre of land in a rainforest
Plant a garden or tree where the whole neighborhood can enjoy it
Set up a recycling system for your home and participate in your neighborhood curbside recycling pickup
Organize a carpooling campaign in your neighborhood to cut down or air pollution
Clean up trash along a body of water or in a park
Test the health of the water in your local lakes, rivers, or streams
Global Partnership
Sponsor a multicultural event to celebrate diversity and increase global awareness
Plan a service project in conjunction with a PTPI Sister Chapter abroad
Operation International Children
Operation International Children (OIC) is a program functioning in partnership under People to People International. OIC is a grass-roots program founded in early 2004 by actor Gary Sinise and author Laura Hillenbrand. Sinise and Hillenbrand created OIC to give concerned Americans a way to reach out to war-stricken Iraqi children and support American troops in their efforts to assist them.
Get the word out. Print up flyers explaining the mission of "Operation Iraqi Children" and inviting students, parents, and PTPI members to participate. We can provide you with some art work to get started!
Set a deadline for the collection of materials and include the kit assembly instructions. Establish a central collection area where items can be sorted, boxed and labeled. Ask that donors bring in tape and sturdy shipping boxes.
Host a fundraiser! Supporters of Operation Iraqi Children also host fundraisers to benefit OIC. Just click on Donations for instructions on how to contribute monetarily. One hundred percent of all monetary donations are used to purchase supplies and offset shipping costs.
Volunteer! If you are in the Kansas City area, we are seeking assistance with assembling school kits at the OIC Warehouse.
Visit Operation International Children’s Web site http://www.operationinternationalchildren.org to learn more or contact Operation International Children’s Project Director Kelly Meyer at OICinfo@ptpi.org.
Global Landmine Initiative
Your next step makes their next step possible. Create awareness and raise funds for PTPI's Global Landmine Initiative. Since 2004, generous donors have contributed more than $366,000 to support efforts in Sri Lanka and Cambodia. We mustn't stop now! Will you help restore what landmines destroy? Chapter members have helped through awareness dinners, yard sales, and more! For more information and ideas contact cindyspake@ptpi.org.
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