21 Ideas for Summer of Service 2021

Posted by Youth Service America on June 1, 2021

Summer months bring long days, warm weather, school vacations – and great opportunities for kids to serve and families, camps, and youth groups to plan projects together.

We’ve compiled our annual list of Summer of Service events and opportunities that you can participate in this summer. From swimming, camping, and hosting lemonade stands to hobbies, gardening, and spending time with grandparents, there are ideas for you to turn almost any summer activity into a service project!

  1. Help End Summer Hunger
  2. Lemonade Days – June 5-13, 2021
  3. World Ocean Day – June 8, 2021
  4. World’s Largest Swimming Lesson – June 17, 2021
  5. Great American Cleanup – through June 20, 2021
  6. Help End Alzheimer’s on The Longest Day – June 20, 2021
  7. United Way Day of Action – June 21, 2021
  8. Protect Wildlife During the Great American Campout – June 2021
  9. National Summer Learning Week – July 12-16, 2021
  10. Take Action Against Poverty on Mandela Day – July 18, 2021
  11. National Night Out – August 3, 2021
  12. International Youth Day – August 12, 2021
  13. Learn and Serve in a National Park
  14. Serve Our Nation’s Veterans
  15. ServiceVote – Advocate and Connect Service & Voting
  16. Join & Lead Through Youth Development Organizations
  17. Design for Change
  18. #BeKind21 – September 1-21, 2021
  19. Serve to Remember on 9/11 Day of Service
  20. Do Something Grand on Grandparents Day – September 12, 2021
  21. Apply for a YSA Grant

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