DOSOMETHING FOR OTHERS

Volunteer and help build more sustainable communities.

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Taking action can be easier than you might think.

Want to build a better world but not sure where to begin? We've got your back! We'll help you cut through the noise and take that first step toward making a difference.

Join the DoSomething For Others program, where powerful young people like YOU come together to take action and build connected, healthy, and sustainable communities nationwide!

By getting started in any of the featured volunteer opportunities and social change actions below, you will earn volunteer credit hours and a signed certificate—to fulfill volunteer or service learning requirements for school. Bonus: you’ll also join a community of over 1 million active youth taking action to change the world.

FEATURED ACTIONS

You have the power to make your community even better!

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Comeback Clothes

Donate or recycle unwanted clothes and textiles to support vulnerable populations and protect the planet.

Earn Volunteer Credits

ACTION

Power to the Period

Collect unopened packages of period products and donate them to a local homeless shelter.

Earn Volunteer Credits

ACTION

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5 Cans Challenge

Collect and Recycle 5 Aluminum Cans Today!

Earn Volunteer Credits

ACTION

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The Art of Community

Be creative, build community.

Earn Volunteer Credits

ACTION

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Tackle Hunger

Collect and donate food items to your local food bank.

Earn Volunteer Credits

ACTION

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GTFO: Get the Filter Out

Clean up cigarette butt litter to improve communities and protect the planet.

Earn Volunteer Credits

ACTION

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Choose Your Own (Service) Adventure

Find your unique way to give back to your community and earn volunteer credit hours!

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LA COUNTY WILDFIRES

How you can help during the Los Angeles wildfires

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Gently used or like-new clothing can truly make a difference for those impacted by the fires. Don’t forget sheets and towels—these essentials are often overlooked and should be new or freshly laundered before donating.

ACTION

A collection of nutritious, non-perishable food items is displayed, encouraging donations to food banks and community fridges. A person holds reusable shopping bags filled with food, promoting volunteer opportunities in community service.

Collect and donate food items to assist those facing new food insecurities in Los Angeles neighborhoods.

ACTION

Two individuals hold packages of period products, emphasizing the importance of menstrual supplies for those affected by natural disasters. The text encourages donations to support those in need during times of crisis.

Many Angelinos have lost their neighborhoods, including pharmacies and general stores, making it difficult to access these essential products.

ACTION

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RESOURCES

MEMBERS COLLECTIVE IMPACT

Your commitment and collective efforts to build a safer, kinder, and fairer world has already created lasting change, and begun to shape the future. Together with other DoSomething members like you, you have made an extraordinary impact in your communities, including:

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61,500 DoSomething members

have volunteered over 95,500 hours of service to their communities (since 2012).

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Helped clothe 31.7M people

in vulnerable populations (since 2012).

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Donated 1.2M period products

to homeless shelters, providing 180,600 people with a week of hygiene products (since 2016).

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Collected and recycled 4.2M aluminum cans

preventing 130,600 pounds of collective community waste from reaching landfills (since 2014).

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Dedicated over 657 hours

to uplifting and revitalizing communities (since 2021).

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Donated 659,000 non-perishable food items

to local food banks, providing at least one meal to 263,600 of those in need (since 2012).

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Cleaned up and recycled 4.8M cigarette butts

removing over 2,140 pounds of toxic chemicals from the environment (since 2015).

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Spent over 140 hours giving back

to their communities in unique, personal ways (since 2024).

INSPIRATION

Read the personal stories behind what sparked some of your peers to volunteer in service to their communities, and discover all the ways how you too, can join the next generation of changemakers!

Shiraz Aftab | Volunteer of the Month November 2024