How to Volunteer to Help Others on Easter

Easter celebrates sacrifice, the gift of one life to redeem many. We, too, redeem ourselves when we reach out to others, sacrificing time, energy and perhaps a bit of money to make another's life better.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Easter Basket Grass
• Plastic Easter Eggs
• Easter Greeting Cards
• Easter Pop-up Books
• Electronic Greeting Cards
• Greeting Cards
• Easter Baskets
• Easter Candies
• Chocolate Easter Eggs
• Sugar-free Candy
• Bert - 10.5-inch Stuffed Animal
• Big Bird - 11-inch Stuffed Animal
• Grover - 11-inch Stuffed Animals
• Little Mermaid Stuffed Animals
• Stuffed 12-inch Sleepytime Barney
• Stuffed Animals

1. Ask your pastor if you might assist in cleaning and decorating the church for Easter.
2. Send greeting cards, flowers or candy to those permanently (or temporarily) confined to the home.
3. Choose instead to personally take candy or flowers to someone confined to the home and spend a few minutes visiting. Find out if that person would like help in decorating for Easter.
4. Seek out someone who may be forced to celebrate Easter alone. Invite that person to church and to Easter dinner.
5. Visit a nursing home or hospital children's ward during the holiday weekend, perhaps even taking Easter baskets, stuffed toys, flowers or a few simple treats.
6. Help organize, prepare for and put on a community Easter sunrise service.
7. Organize a church committee to put on an Easter dinner at your place of worship.
8. Get one of your community or private clubs involved in bringing an Easter celebration to a nursing home, youth home or hospital.
9. Suggest to co-workers that a deserving family be "adopted" for the holiday.
10. Volunteer at a community kitchen, helping to prepare and serve Easter dinner.

Tips & Warnings

• Call management well in advance if you intend to visit a nursing center, retirement home or hospital.
• The key word in offering help to anyone is tact.
• Remember to keep religious and secular celebrations of the holiday separate. You may reach out to someone who does not share your views.
• Many people in nursing centers or hospitals may not be able to enjoy sugar-filled candy. Consult with the professional staff.