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You can also have a community event and
complete 3 projects in a day. Invite others to assist at your
event. Example: Collect shoebox items, food, and make cards
for veterans at your event.
Click
on the blue links below to see other patches you can earn
or guidleines on completing a specific project for an organization.
This patch program was created by a silver award
recipient in 2000. We have continued to host the project to
help others in completing at least three community projects
a year. She still assists annually to come up with ideas and
projects to complete. COMMUNITY SERVICE BLUE ANGEL PATCH PROGRAM
2022-2023 [3 inch square] Complete 3 Requirements to earn
this patch Each symbol represents a community service project
OR create a project of your own. All the underlined text will
take you to a new link for a patch, when you click on it.
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Note: The patch program is a guideline for
the symbols that are presented on the patch. You can substitute
other projects that represent these symbols. Each project
does not need to be completed in specific order. You can also
have a community event and complete 3 projects in a day. Invite
others to assist at your event. Example: Wear mismatch socks,
bring a food donation, fill a stocking or shoe box, donate
items, and make cards at your event. *************************************************************************
Pinwheel-Participate in Pinwheels
for Peace by creating a pinwheel showing your artistic skills
and writing what peace means to you. (like: love, family,
friends, etc.) OR help make pinwheels with younger children,
make pinwheels in the spring and give them out to the elderly
homes, decorate spring or Easter baskets for those in need
by adding a pinwheel. (this can be two community service projects
in one--make a basket--make a pinwheel)
Sock-Join
in the Million Misfit Sock March and celebrate what makes
you different and take a stand against bullying-wear MISFIT
SOCKS Choose any day for your group to wear mismatch socks
or a day in OCTOBER for anti-bully month Mis-fit Sock Day
with the matching year bar. Sock soul collecting socks for
the homeless OR for any organization. Any project that involves
socks, catnip toys for cats, sock puppets for younger children,
or host events to collect, donate or create items with socks.
Cans of food-Donate
food in your community anytime during the year at the local
food bank, at the local grocery store or faith organizations.
You can also contact the food bank or local churches and see
if you can adopt a family for Thanksgiving or holidays. You
can provide them with food to create their own dinner.
Other ideas: Volunteer
to make sandwiches or muffins/bread for shelters, cook at
a shelter or soup kitchen. Volunteer to sort food at food
banks or churches OR host a masquerade ball or event and have
everyone bring a canned food. Make sure you assign them an
item from a list (so you get a variety of food). For example
group 1234 brings 2 can of corn each, group 4568 brings 1
box of stuffing each, etc. The food can be dropped off at
the food pantry the next day or church that delivers food
around the families. For extra, you can volunteer to place
it on the shelves or sort the food for the families.
Gift-
gifts can be given out all year long. It is a way of making
someone feel appreciated, something they need, or a cheerful
package. Give a gift to your teacher, fire fighter, or other
community workers. You can make gift boxes for women's shelters
of nail care kits, scarves, or anything the shelter is accepting
as gifts for the ladies. Some shelters accept gently worn
clothing for them to pretend shop in the donation area for
new clothing for job interviews or daily use. OR Adopt a child
or family around the holidays and provide them with a toy
or clothing during the Holidays, participate in the Salvation
Army stocking collection, send packages to soldiers. There
are many lists at churches, angel trees, and shelters that
you can contact in your area. Other
Options: Write
a letter to Santa fulfills wishes to childen that are ill.
Create a toy drive or adopt a family for the holidays. Provide
pajamas for children in need. Choose a child from an angel
tree or local organization that has a list of items for children,
elderly, or soldiers. Create holiday cards for soldiers. Bring
joy to a senior home by dropping off small gifts you collected
or created.
Cards--Create
Valentines for Veterans, elderly, or assist children in a
Valentine craft.(remember to never sign your last name). Participate
in Cardz for Kids or Letters to Ladies. Cards and letters
are given out at cancer centers and hospitals. Other ideas:
Cards can be added to gifts around the holidays or with spring
baskets. Make thank you cards for teachers, judges at events,
volunteers, and people that assisted your group. Older participants
can host events or meetings for younger children and assist
them in making cards for any occasion.
Cookies--Donate
cookies Ask customers to purchase cookies from you as a donation
or donate your leftovers. Some customers can't eat cookies
but they may like to donate. Other ideas: They accept cookies
at assisted living homes, homeless shelters, after school
programs, or you can create a basket and give them to someone
to help cheer them up. OR make cookies for a younger troop
as a party, teach them how to make or sell cookies, sell homemade
baked goods at a bake sale, sell fall products or cookies
and use a portion of the money to complete a community service
project.
Globe- Participate
in the stamp ministry program that purchases books for children
in other countries. Send cards or shoeboxes of needed items
to soldiers overseas during the holidays or anytime during
the year. (Holiday cards can be mailed anytime of the year--saved
for delivery) Click here to learn more. Help another troop
prepare for Thinking Day, donate to the thinking day fund,
or host a Thinking Day or cultural event. Use one of our country
manuals and teach kids about a country. (Activity sheets are
included in the manual to copy for the participants.) Participate
in Earth Hour or Pinwheels for Peace with everyone around
the world. Plant a tree in another country by participating
in ONE TREE PLANTED PROGRAM.
Books-Participate
in the book fairy program and donate all your used books to
someone or several books to a place in need. (grandma, assisted
living homes, neighbors, teachers, etc.) OR donate books to
a used book store that can re purpose them or sell them to
others. Read stories or teach a badge or journey from their
book to a younger group. Participate in the pajama program
and collect new books for children. Use one of our patch program
books to help another person earn a patch. Older participants
can host a book drive, organize it, and deliver the books.
Contact churches, day care centers, shelters, foster care
or salvation army if they will accept new or used books for
donation.
Butterfly-Participate
in any project you would like to participate in. The choice
is yours.
Why is it called blue angel community service
projects? This program was created by a silver award recipient
in 2000 and it has been expanded into an annual event across
the country. She volunteered many hours in her community and
wanted to come up with a way that her service unit of 500
girls and 40 leaders could become move involved in the community
as well.
She decided to come out with a program of 9
different projects spanning from September to May. Each troop
could choose 3 projects of these nine that they thought was
age appropriate for their girls.
The girls got excited about doing the community
service and before she knew it all the girls wanted to participate
in all the activities she presented. It was her responsibility
to deliver the items collected, host events of making cards
and other artistic crafts, and contact volunteers to assist.
Older girls and leaders stepped forward and helped her deliver
and organize the items. Over the years, she saw the younger
participants that started as collecting items for those in
need grow into leading events and drives for the community.
She expanded it for older girls to take the collected items
from younger participants to play BINGO in nursing homes,
present a masquerade ball and collect food for thanksgiving
baskets, and host events that helped all the participants
work on community service patches all in one day and more.
Being a blue angel teaches us to be kind and
giving to others when we can. Help our fellow neighbors and
grow as a person by assisting those in need. It gives you
the opportunity to deliver items anonymously and blend into
the blue sky as for no one to know you were there but you
are left with the joy in your heart from giving and the knowledge
that someone has benefited from your generosity. On the other
hand, you may be a glowing delight at nursing homes, special
needs children events, and cancer patients. No matter the
project, you know you helped someone out there and made their
day a little happier. So what are you waiting for---start
your first project and you won't want to stop. Kids like expressing
themselves through art, creating gifts, and wearing mis-match
socks to stomp out bullying. It's fun and rewarding.
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