YOUR ROAD TO

10 VOLUNTEER CREDIT HOURS

Earn volunteer credit with DoSomething through verified changemaking actions.

#Mental Health #Civic Engagement #Education #Climate & Sustainability #Responsible Technology #Safety & Wellbeing

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Want to build a better world but not sure where to begin?

We’ve got your back! We'll help you take that first step toward building a safer, kinder, and fairer world.

💥 Bonus: You’ll join a community of over 1 million active young leaders who are channelling their passion for social change into action.

Your Road to 10 Volunteer Credit Hours brings powerful, young changemakers like YOU together to take action and build connected, healthy, and sustainable communities nationwide!

DoSomething champions you to create the change you want to see in the world, and together we can help you build your roadmap to volunteer credit hours to fulfill volunteer or service learning requirements for school.

OPTION 1: CHOOSE ANY FIVE

No action is too small! Complete any five volunteer actions, and earn 1-2 credit hours each. The bigger your effort, the bigger your impact!

Animal Welfare

Civic Engagement

Climate & Sustainability

Economic Mobility

Education

LGBTQIA+ Rights & Equality

Mental Health

Racial Justice & Equity

Responsible Technology

Safety & Wellbeing

STEM

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50 Bottles, 1 Goal

3 - 6 hours

Do your part to keep plastic bottles out of landfills and in recycling bins.

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Scrub-A-Dub Dog

1 - 3 hours

Host a dog wash to collect donated supplies for animal shelters.

Earn Volunteer Credits

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Choose Your Own (Service) Adventure

1 - 3 hours

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

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GTFO: Get the Filter Out

1 - 3 hours

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

Earn Volunteer Credits

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Tackle Hunger

1 - 3 hours

Collect and donate food items to your local food bank.

Earn Volunteer Credits

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The Art of Community

3 - 6 hours

Be creative, build community!

Earn Volunteer Credits

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Power to The Period

1 - 3 hours

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

Earn Volunteer Credits

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Comeback Clothes

1 - 3 hours

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

Earn Volunteer Credits

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5 Cans Challenge

30 mins - 1 hour

Collect and Recycle 5 Aluminum Cans Today!

Earn Volunteer Credits

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OPTION 2: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

You're already passionate about making a difference, so take action—on your terms! Dream a little bigger and design your own changmaking action (be sure it's impactful enough to earn 10 volunteer hours).

Step 1

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Step 1: Choose Your Own Service Adventure

Give back to your community by envisioning your own unique way of creating change.

Step 2

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Step 2: Do It!

Get started in creating the change you want to see in the world! We've got your back!

Step 3

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Step 3: Submit for credit!

Show us how you gave back to your community, and share with us why it's important to you. Our team will review your submission for approval.

Step 4

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Step 4: Do more!

Channel your passion into even more action! If you need to complete more actions to achieve your 10 volunteer credit hours, check out the volunteer actions above.

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