Community Involvement Checklist:

1/26/2015 by Don Phin

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CHECKLIST:

Organize a neighborhood cleanup project;
Support or start a community job training center;
Offer free assistance to needy area residents;
Organize a walk-a-thon to promote a community cause;
Hold a blood drive on the company premises;
Adopt a nursing home, and support it with employee volunteers;
Staff your child care center with senior citizens;
Lobby local, state and national legislators about community issues;
Sponsor an AIDS Awareness Week;
Offer funding and volunteers to a local drug rehabilitation center;
Join with local banks to develop an affordable housing program;
Wage a community literacy campaign;
Sponsor an entrepreneurship program for area high school students;
Train high schoolers in the community in career development and interviewing skills;
Support a child abuse prevention program;
Sponsor a center for the homeless;
Donate excess inventory to local schools, churches, etc.
Offer employees sabbaticals for work on major community projects;
Invite community organizations to speak to employees about their needs;
Donate fundraising help, equipment, money to nonprofit groups;
Get company retirees involved in community volunteering;
Donate time to Boys & Girls clubs, Big Brothers and Little Sisters programs;
Adopt a school;
Hire high school or college interns;
Contribute to a local area community foundation, United Way or non-profit group;
Get involved with Junior Achievement;
Plant trees, flowers and shrubs in public parks or other public areas;
Sponsor a Little League or Bobbie Sox team;
Volunteer at your local ASPCA or other animal help agency;
Volunteer at a local children's hospital or AIDS hospice Donate time, materials or services to Habitat for Humanity;
Help develop a business for inmates within the local prison system;
Develop a hiring/training program for ex-inmates;
Collect clothing and food on an on-going basis and deliver them to needy families in the community;
Provide the elderly with telephone reassurance and 'check-ups'.

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