Consider a Volunteer Work Weekend at one of the YMCA's
many facilities. In exchange for your work in the
outdoors, you can receive lodging and meals and
participate in a variety of programs. Visit
www.ymca.net to find opportunities near you or where
you may be traveling.
Get the family together and run or walk to support
the Race for the Cure. Please
click here
to find race dates, times, and cities.
Combine your holiday with volunteer service. Many
organizations offer volunteer vacations and
destination service activities that let you work
together to build trails, assist with archeological
digs, and build houses. For more information on how to
connect your family with volunteer opportunities on
public lands all across America,
click here.
Click here to find additional ideas for ways your family can help
the sick, care for the elderly, or help the homeless.
Encourage
your child to read books to younger children or
seniors. The National Endowment for the Humanities
We the People Bookshelf offers a recommended reading
list for readers at different grade levels. Visit
http://www.wethepeople.gov for books on this
year’s theme, “freedom.”
