Community grows stronger through the hundreds of little and big actions people take every day. Browse this list for things you or your family have participated in in the past year or so, and pick some new ones for 2017.
- Invite neighbours over for a meal
- Attend a political meeting
- Support local business
- Volunteer
- Work in a community garden
- Mentor a person of a different ethnic group
- Surprise a new or favourite neighbour by taking them food
- Avoid destructive gossip or help someone else avoid it
- Attend local school or children’s athletics, plays, & recitals
- Get involved with scouts or little athletics
- Sing in a choir
- Attend a party in someone else’s home
- Get to know the salespeople at your local stores
- Attend a lecture or concert
- Play games with neighbours
- Walk or bike to support a cause and meet others
- Participate in a campaign
- Attend a local festival or event
- Find a way to show personal appreciation to someone who builds your local community
- Offer to help a neighbour with garden work, shopping or a ride
- Start or participate in a discussion group or book or film club
- Start or join a carpool
- Plan a “Walking Tour” of a local historic area
- Tutor or read to children or have children read to you
- Run for public office
- Host a party
- Form a walking or exercise group & encourage each other
- Play a sport
- Ask an elder or a young person to teach you something
- Take dance lessons with a friend
- Gather a group to clean up the local park
- Bake something for neighbours or work colleagues
- Plant trees
- Call an old friend
- Sign up for a class & meet your classmates
- Accept or extend an invitation
- Log off and go to the park
- Say hello to strangers
- Find out more by talking with a neighbour you don’t know very well yet
- Host a movie night
- Help out with or create a newsletter
- Collect oral histories to discover the interesting things people have done
- Cut back on TV & interact with people instead
- If you think someone needs help, ask to find out & do what you can
- Fix it even if you didn’t break it
- Pick up litter even if you didn’t drop it
- Attend gallery openings & art exhibits
- Organize a neighbourhood garage sale
- Read or listen to the local news regularly
- Attend a public meeting or hearing & speak up
- Offer to watch a neighbour’s home while they are away
- Ask to see a friend’s photos
- Start talking to people you see regularly
- Listen to the children you know and find out what matters to them
- Plan a reunion of family, friends, or people with whom you had a special connection
- Hire local young people for odd jobs
- Write a letter to the editor
- Join a group with people of different ethnicity, or religion, or income or life experience – one of our many classes would be perfect!
- Check off your bucket list with us! At South Eastern Community Connect we have a huge range of programs and events for you to grow your community.