Parasite Sleuth Community Service Ideas

• Design a game for young children related to the Parasite Sleuth kit.
• Create a play that teaches young children about concepts in the Wonderwise scenarios.
• Write or make a picture book about the concepts in the Wonderwise series to read to younger children.
• Work with the local health department to set up an immunization day or clinic to immunize children against childhood diseases.
• Paint a mural with the Wonderwise theme over graffiti.
• Feature community -minded scientists on a school bulletin board.
• Collect children's science books for the needy.
• Find out about parasite problems in your community and how you can help prevent them.
• Organize a public issues forum focused on topics discussed in Wonderwise. Become an advocate. Contact your legislators on topics discussed in Wonderwise.
• Contact Habitat for Humanity to see how you can support them in your community.
• Set up an informational display at a local library on the Wonderwise topics.
• Volunteer to help set up for a community event on the Wonderwise topics.
• Adopt a billboard and use it for a public service announcement.
• Write and produce a play about a current animal health issue.
• Take a pet to a nursing home.
• Volunteer at an animal shelter, help clean up, play with the animals, or do whatever's needed to make the shelter a nicer "temporary" home for the animals.
• Become a foster parent for a pet. Some shelters have temporary foster care programs. You take care of a pet until they can find a permanent home for it.
• Raise money for pet causes by organizing a pet photo session.
• Organize a pet show for a local nursing home.
• With the support of a vet clinic, organize a spay campaign to get animals neutered and spayed at a reduced rate.
• Set up donation centers for animal products to be donated to needy.
• Learn about pet therapy and do pet therapy with your animal at nursing homes and day care centers.
• Hatch ducks for release in the wild.
• Care for a neighbor's pet.
• Find out about volunteer opportunities at a local wildlife sanctuary or survival center.