Alrighty, well I was asked by Nicole to come up with a list of Philanthropy Ideas... And being the Queen of Lists, I did. (sorry it took me a couple of days to get this to you Nicole!)
Thanks to other organizations and websites, I have complied the following list... Please feel free to add on anything that's not listed. BTW, I listed items that are more service oriented than fundraising oriented. 
National Kidney Foundation!!!
Throw a theme party for a nursing home
Perform a puppet show for a pediatric ward
Do yard work for the elderly
Clean up a playground
Build a community garden
Hold a canned food drive/clothing drive
Collect Toys for Tots
Adopt a grandparent
Cook a meal for the homeless
Host a learn to read seminar
Entertain patients in the hospital (ie. spinal cord injured, V.A’s, cancer, etc.)
Plant flowers at a nursing home
Adopt and Clean a highway
Give gifts to children in an orphanage
Sponsor a blood drive
Clean up a neighborhood
Host a picnic for a elementary school class
Run errands for handicap/elderly people
Recycle
Beautify your campus
Hold a walk-a-thon
Garage sale
Have a raffle for donated items
Become a part of neighborhood watch
Volunteer at the library to read to children
Volunteer at a hospital (candy stripers)
Join the local police/fire department’s volunteer program
Sponsor or coach a little league sports team
Sponsor guest speakers for campus/community
Tutor at local schools
Hold a haunted house for the community
Sponsor an after school program for children at a local park
Hold a bingo night
Sponsor Risk Management seminars for Greeks on campus
Have a used book sale
Sponsor a student/faculty art sale
Volunteer to re-paint public surfaces (ie. curbs, fences, benches, poles, etc.)
Work with police on fingerprinting children
Volunteer at a soup kitchen
Habitat for Humanity
Make-a-Wish Foundation
United Way
Volunteer at the Special Olympics
Ronald McDonald House
Provide a scholarship to an underprivileged high school senior
American Cancer Society
Teach food nutrition to elementary school children
Sponsor sex education courses for middle/high school students
Sponsor a health fair on your campus
Alzheimer’s Association
Sponsor a seminar on eating disorders
Local battered women/children’s shelter
Boys and Girl’s Club
Clean the beach/lake/pond
American Red Cross
Sponsor Seeing Eye Dogs
YMCA/YWCA
Girl Scouts of America
Camp Fire
Sponsor a child/family in a third world country
9/11 family funds
Muscular Dystrophy
Well I hope that helps you out.
PSLAM~Beth
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