Plant seeds or small plants to grow your own vegetables.
Animal Welfare
Consider fostering a dog or cat while they wait to be adopted.
Walk a shelter dog with the help of an adult.
Ask your local animal shelter about their read-to-animals program. If they have one, provide companionship to shelter dogs and cats by visiting them and reading them a bool.
Hand out bags of dog food to our homeless community members with dogs.
Make the following items to deliver to a local animal shelter - contact the shelter in advance to see what they will and will not accept.
homemade dog toys
blankets for the kennels
warmers for the bottle baby kittens
cat or dog toys
Austin Humane Society offers a Summer Kids' Series that includes some volunteer opportunities throughout the summer! Learn more here.
Senior Support
Schedule a time to read with or play games with residents at a local senior facility.
Deliver a care package to a resident at a senior facility during holidays.
Contact a senior facility to see if you can send holiday cards or birthday cards to their residents.
Make homeless care kits to hand out to our community members experiencing homelessness.
Visit, cook dinner, or run an errand for a sick friend, neighbor, or family member.
Make a birthday party-in-a-box for a foster child. visit sharinghappybirthdays.org for instructions. Generation SERVE is a drop-off location for birthday boxes.