How to Start a Community Service Group

Community service groups are important to any community. Starting a community service group is rewarding to the community and the volunteers because it fosters pride and commitment to the neighborhoods they serve. Leading a community service group takes some organization and the desire to make a difference. 

Community service groups can help communities by volunteering their time or money to provide a specific purpose. The tasks can range from painting over graffiti at local parks or schools, planting a community garden, set up a neighborhood watch, or raising money for area projects. We all want to live in beautiful peaceful neighborhoods, so organizing a beautification project will help all the residents.

• Speak with other residents in your
  community about volunteering for the community service group. You
  can place flyers on doors throughout the neighborhood or knock on
  doors and request help. A better response is received when speaking
  with the residents in person because it is harder to say no to
  volunteering when the people are face to face.


• Ask the residents for phone
  numbers and email addresses so it is easy to contact everyone
  involved.


• Decide on a project that the group
  can help with. Some good ideas are cleaning up a neighborhood park,
  assisting a local youth center with purchasing new equipment,
  assisting at a local school, collect books for a public library,
  host a neighborhood party so the residents can meet others and gain
  information about the community service group, or plant trees in the
  neighborhood.


• Have regular meetings at least one
  a month with members or the group and open the meetings with ideas
  for new projects.