Since it’s a leap year, we’re offering ideas for doing good with our extra day in 2024.
By Sarah Moreland
Have you ever thought, “If only I had an extra day to…?”
To sleep. To complete a to-do list. To visit a loved one. Here’s another possibility: to make the world a better place!
Since 2024 is a leap year, we have that extra day. Whether you’re sharing kindness with a stranger or preparing a big event with fellow club members, it’s an additional 24 hours to do — or plan for — something good.
Need a little inspiration? In honor of Leap Day, here are 29 ideas to get you started:
- Write cards of encouragement for a school or children’s hospital.
- Ask your local library if you can volunteer as a group reader.
- Check with local organizations that may need extra help (e.g., Boys & Girls Clubs, a children’s hospital, etc.).
- Help at a soup kitchen or local shelter.
- Sort donations at a food pantry.
- Team up with club members to pick up trash at a park or playground.
- Set up a clothing or book drive.
- Join an outdoor beautification project in your community.
- Get members of K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Club, CKI and Aktion Club in a joint service project — then celebrate with a fun social hour.
- Write congratulatory notes to give to Key Club and CKI seniors in the spring.
- Drop off treats or small gifts of thanks to first responders in your community who keep families safe and healthy.
- Host a resume-writing and interviewing practice session for students preparing for college and work life.
- If you have crafting skills, knit hats for babies.
- Train kids how to safely ride a bike.
- Donate gently used items (clothing, electronics, eyeglasses, etc.) to an organization that can reuse or recycle them for those in need.
- Build a Little Free Library for your community.
- Host a game day for kids — whether it’s outdoor sports or an indoor board-game tournament.
- Spread the word about a favorite charity.
- Write a positive online review of an organization you or your club has collaborated with.
- Teach kids how to grow their own food.
- Host a diaper and baby formula donation drive to collect supplies for mothers and newborns in need.
- Pack and distribute first-aid kits to families for their homes and vehicles.
- Help families in need celebrate birthdays and milestones by creating a “party in a box” with balloons, streamers and signs.
- Devote a day to mentorship. Speak to or meet with younger members of the Kiwanis family about an area of professional or personal expertise.
- “Upcycle” plastic bags into waterproof blankets for those in need.
- Set up a fundraising challenge for charity.
- Sponsor a family in need to attend a museum, theater or attraction.
- Provide kids with supplies to create puppets and perform their own puppet show.
- Start planning an end-of-year ceremony to recognize your club’s BUG and Terrific Kids students’ achievements.