{"id":20768,"date":"2017-06-02T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=20768"},"modified":"2017-06-02T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T14:32:07","slug":"100-positive-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/100-positive-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Positive Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Volunteer at a shelter<\/li>\n
  2. Donate to a food bank<\/li>\n
  3. Clean up trash in your neighborhood<\/li>\n
  4. Read a book to a child<\/li>\n
  5. Buy a homeless person a meal<\/li>\n
  6. Vote<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0Attend a city council meeting<\/li>\n
  8. Create a Youtube reality series\u00a0that showcase a great cause<\/li>\n
  9. Walk dogs at the local humane society<\/li>\n
  10. Start a study group with fellow students<\/li>\n
  11. Tutor high\/middle school students<\/li>\n
  12. Mentor a child<\/li>\n
  13. Recycle paper, plastics, and cans<\/li>\n
  14. Educate people on how to take care of the planet<\/li>\n
  15. Share your expertise<\/li>\n
  16. Fight negativity with kindness and compassion<\/li>\n
  17. Create a Public Service Announcement to bring awareness to a social or environmental cause<\/li>\n
  18. Start a non-profit<\/li>\n
  19. Introduce someone to STEM<\/li>\n
  20. Teach a computer skills workshop at a local library<\/li>\n
  21. Volunteer at a Boys and Girls Club<\/li>\n
  22. Contact a state representative about issues in your community<\/li>\n
  23. Donate clothes<\/li>\n
  24. Donate books to a local library<\/li>\n
  25. Hold a canned food drive<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Speak out against racism,\u00a0sexism, bullying, etc. when it happens<\/li>\n
    2. Learn about other cultures in your city<\/li>\n
    3. Educate yourself on current\u00a0and share with others<\/li>\n
    4. Visit a museum and tell someone what you learned<\/li>\n
    5. Compliment someone<\/li>\n
    6. Stop littering<\/li>\n
    7. Plant a tree or flowers in your neighborhood<\/li>\n
    8. Join and contribute in a professional organization<\/li>\n
    9. Start a YouTube series<\/a> to teach a skill or topic<\/li>\n
    10. Walk to your destination instead of driving<\/li>\n
    11. Promote others who are impacting the community<\/li>\n
    12. Support your friends<\/li>\n
    13. Smile<\/li>\n
    14. Help someone apply for a scholarship<\/li>\n
    15. Teach people how to swim<\/li>\n
    16. Teach someone your native language or learn one from someone else<\/li>\n
    17. Take 15 minutes each day to observe your surroundings and find a problem<\/li>\n
    18. Solve it<\/li>\n
    19. Support someone in grief<\/li>\n
    20. Stop judging people<\/li>\n
    21. Teach someone how to set goals<\/li>\n
    22. Help someone edit their resume<\/li>\n
    23. Paint a mural<\/li>\n
    24. Create a one-day conference to inspire kids<\/li>\n
    25. Plant a neighborhood garden<\/li>\n
    26. Hold a public forum on community issues and concerns<\/li>\n
    27. Volunteer as a crossing guard for a school<\/li>\n
    28. Take a financial literacy course and teach it to a teenager<\/li>\n
    29. Help people search for jobs<\/li>\n
    30. Create a community based learning capstone project for high school students<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Build a Habitat for Humanity<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Start a neighborhood watch group<\/li>\n
      3. Start a youth tech team to help kids explore technology<\/li>\n
      4. Turn a vacant lot into a neighborhood relaxation space<\/li>\n
      5. Host a community science fair<\/li>\n
      6. Film a documentary for youth highlighting career alternatives to the entertainment industry<\/li>\n
      7. Compile a database of teenage entrepreneurs to inspire other teens<\/li>\n
      8. Organize a school supplies drive<\/li>\n
      9. Create a website that provides a much needed resource<\/li>\n
      10. Create a map of parks, waterways, and other community recreation areas<\/li>\n
      11. Design something that helps someone with a disability<\/li>\n
      12. Photograph interesting things in your city and encourage people to go experience it<\/li>\n
      13. Start a healthy living<\/a>\u00a0initiative<\/li>\n
      14. Pitch ideas to city officials for repurposing old buildings<\/li>\n
      15. Learn and educate people about homelessness<\/li>\n
      16. Become a Big Brother\/Big Sister to a foster child<\/li>\n
      17. Help a community college student find resources to transition to a four-year university<\/li>\n
      18. Send a low-income individual a care package<\/li>\n
      19. Create a mobile market that brings fresh produce to neighborhoods in food deserts<\/li>\n
      20. Make an effort to meet someone new every time you travel and bring back a story or lesson you learned<\/li>\n
      21. Carpool to work<\/li>\n
      22. Send a letter to a deployed soldier<\/li>\n
      23. Become a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician<\/li>\n
      24. Donate a textbook to a student that can’t afford it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Donate an old computer to school<\/li>\n
        2. Use an old computer to teach someone how to build one or install new components<\/li>\n
        3. Create student representatives in municipal government so that the youth have a voice<\/li>\n
        4. Write a letter to thank someone that had a profound impact on your life<\/li>\n
        5. Learn how to give CPR<\/a>, use a defibrillator, and use an EpiPen<\/li>\n
        6. Encourage someone to believe in his or herself<\/li>\n
        7. Scan and archive your course notes and share with fellow students<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Create a “How to” guide for conquering the toughest classes in your curriculum and publish it<\/li>\n
          2. Board up windows on vacant homes in your neighborhood<\/li>\n
          3. Return your used bottles to the store for the deposit and donate it to a charity<\/li>\n
          4. Use a Do It Yourself kit to show a kid how to repair a broken cellphone screen<\/li>\n
          5. Start a “game zone<\/a>” where people in the neighborhood can go to play sports, board games, network, etc.<\/li>\n
          6. Throw a party with STEM themed games for families<\/li>\n
          7. Start a week-long camp to teach teens a programming language<\/li>\n
          8. Create a map of careers paths leading from your degree to help someone visualize the opportunities in your field<\/li>\n
          9. Teach at vacation bible school<\/li>\n
          10. Capture events (through audio, film, photography)\u00a0that are already making a positive impact in your community and organize an art gallery to display them<\/li>\n
          11. Show someone how to overcome a fear<\/li>\n
          12. Create a mobile exhibit that can be displayed while traveling via public transportation to teach people something new<\/li>\n
          13. Help someone get their idea off the ground<\/li>\n
          14. Challenge someone to do something on this list<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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