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What better way is there to teach your children, staff, church or school group a sense of coming together than via community service? The Community Service Program is a year-round effort to allow people to make a direct difference. Here are just a few examples of Community Service ideas:

  • Make a financial contribution and check with your company to see if they have a matching gifting program or a foundation we can apply to for a grant.
  • Recycle bottles and cans anytime of year, turn them in to cash and buy items the Project needs while helping the environment.
  • If you know how to knit or have a knitting group, buy some yarn and make warm baby blankets, baby clothes, hats, scarves, mittens to keep babies and children warm during New England's harsh winters.
  • Individuals, families, companies, schools, church groups, scouts groups, neighborhoods and many other groups can have a community service drive anytime of year. Contact us and we can provide a list of needed items each week throughout the year.
  • Get a group of friends or family together, buy warm blanket material and make a few no-sew blankets. We have instructions and it's a fun way to help families keep warm!
  • Collect coins at camp, school, church, etc. Just put a can out with your goals, have your friends and family help you roll and then go out and buy items that are needed.
  • Hold a theme party: Birthday Party, Baby Shower, Beach Party, Holiday Party, etc. Celebrate as you normally would and at the same time collect gifts for the Project.
  • Host a fundraiser for the Project: spaghetti dinner, sock hop, fashion show, bake sale, Tupperware party, Jewelry, make-up, car wash, wine tasting, kitchen party.
  • Have your children collect gently used clean medium and large size baskets. We use these for our very large year-round Basket of love program.
  • Talk to your local schools about coming to the project for a field trip and they can do community service work while they are here. This gives children a first hand account of a charity and how we help families directly each day.
  • Do a new book drive
  • When doing school shopping for your family have your child pick out an extra backpack and school supplies to donate to the Project.
  • When you go grocery shopping, pack an extra bag of groceries
  • October through March, collect warm blankets, warm flannel sheets, warm pj's, zip up sleepers, warm slippers, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, warm winter boots and warm winter coats.
  • Have a Teen Party - collect gift cards or items a teen would like and make theme baskets to go directly to a teen.
  • Help a Senior anytime of year. Receive a list from us, go with your family or children or group and make a direct difference.
  • Children who want to help with safety can do safety kits year round. Collect and donate first aid kits, flashlights, blankets, batteries and candles.
  • Collect new kids' sneakers anytime of year.
  • Anytime of the year take a special holiday and do a theme collecting items needed while having lots of fun: Examples below
    • Valentine's day :warm socks, underwear, hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, new books, school supplies, sweet treats...
    • Easter/bunny day: collect new books, stuffed animals, toiletries for children, school supplies, spring clothes, spring socks
    • Mother's Day: woman's underwear, socks, bras, nylons, toiletries for woman, laundry detergent
    • Father Day: Men's Underwear, socks, tee-shirts, toiletries for men
    • July 4th: Summer items bathing suits, towels, sun block, summer hats, summer clothes, summer shoes
    • Labor Day: School supplies, backpacks, lunchboxes, new sneakers, children school Healthy snacks
    • Thanksgiving: Turkey drive, dry goods gravy, potatoes, cranberry, stuffing, etc...
    • Holiday Time: Toy Drives, education gifts, gift cards, movie tickets, clothes, teen items, toiletries, warm blankets and warm sheets

For many more ideas to do community service or to share with us an idea you have e-mail pjbpresident@comcast.net.
To do Community Service in our warehouse in Hopkinton E-mail communityservicepjb@comcast.net, ask to be put on our volunteers list and our volunteer coordinator will send you a confirmation e-mail of the time and day you and group wanted to help.