At-Home/Off-Site Opportunities
There are many ways to help North Fulton Community Charities outside of our building. Our At-Home/Off-Site projects are perfect for children under 16, large groups, or anyone who wants to give back but can’t volunteer at our site. Even if you are 16 or older, you can still use these projects to earn service hours for school, clubs, and more.
At-Home/Off-Site Opportunities
There are many ways to help North Fulton Community Charities outside of our building. Our At-Home/Off-Site projects are perfect for children under 16, large groups, or anyone who wants to give back but can’t volunteer at our site. Even if you are 16 or older, you can still use these projects to earn service hours for school, clubs, and more.
Host a Food Drive
Theme Ideas:
- “Can Do” Attitude
- Trick or Treat to Eat – Halloween week
- It’s “Uncanny” – Non-canned food (bagged or boxed items)
- Pasta Patrol – Macaroni and cheese, noodles of all sorts
- Boxes for Breakfast – Cereal, pop-tarts, granola or grain bars
- Battle of the Boxes – Class challenge food drive collecting box foods
- Souper Bowl – January food drive for canned soup
- Fruity Friday – Can fruit collection
- Snack Time: Granola Bars, Raisins, Nuts (healthy based snacks)
Ideas for Young Children
You’re never too young to make a difference. Here are a few ways children can learn to give back to those in need.
Chores for Charity:
- Clean out your drawers and closet – donate seasonally appropriate items you don’t need to the NFCC Thrift Shop.
- Earn money doing odd jobs around the house – donate proceeds to NFCC or purchase items for the NFCC Food Pantry.
- Start a Lemonade Stand or Bake Sale – donate proceeds to NFCC.
Create Toiletry Bags for the Food Pantry
We keep these packs available for our Food Pantry clients. The bags MUST be precise.
Put the following items in a quart-sized Ziploc bag (These are the basics we put in each bag):
- 1-2 – travel size shampoo
- 1-2 – travel size conditioner
- 1-2 – travel size lotion
- 2-3 – small bar soaps
- 1 – travel size toothpaste
Next, FILL the bag with either more items from the list or other small travel size items. Suggestions include bandaids, chapstick, body wash, shower cap, hand sanitizer, travel size deodorant, etc. Please DO NOT include disposable razors or an unwrapped toothbrush. Make sure the bag is completely full, but won’t break open when closed. Be sure they are zipped tight!
If you want to put in a little encouragement note, poem or verse, go ahead! Please do not bring back any “incomplete” bags.
Create Feminine Product Bags for the Food Pantry
Clients may use their pantry points to order these feminine product bags. The bags MUST be precise and may contain only one type of item.
- 12 tampons in one quart-sized ziploc bag.
- 12 panty liners in one quart-sized ziploc bag.
- 8 pads in one quart-sized ziploc bag
Create Toiletry Bags for the Food Pantry
Clients may use their pantry points to order diaper bundles. We break down large store packages into the smaller bundles. (No diapers under size 4 please.)
- Diapers Size 4, 5, 6 and Pull-ups – 8 per bundle
- Bundles are rubber-banded together with a post-it labeling the size.
If you have extras you want to donate, just rubber-band and label by size, then put in a separate sack labeled “Extras.”
Wipes are divided by container into bundles of about 20-25 (no need to count), folded over and put in a sandwich-sized Ziploc bag. No need to label. But sure it is zipped tight!
Please put them back into the box they came from for easy storage in our pantry!
Help Us Keep Track of Your Project!
Fill out the Help from Home form and let us know what you have planned. We want to know!
Did you know:
The NFCC Thrift Shop is open to the public. Income from the store supports NFCC programs and operations.
