Vet Detective Community Service Ideas

• Design a game for young children related to the Vet Detective kit.
• Adopt a zoo animal.
• Form a "we love animals" club and volunteer to care for animals at a children's zoo.
• Organize a community dog wash.
• Volunteer to clean out animal shelters.
• Collect and sort newspapers to donate to a local animal shelter.
• Collect food and supplies needed for a local zoo or animal shelter.
• Lead animals in an annual parade.
• Write and produce a play about a current issue related to the Vet Detective kit.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 youth.
• Organize a public issues forum focused on topics discussed in Wonderwise. Become an advocate. Contact your legislators on topics discussed in Wonderwise.
• 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.
• 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 the needy.
• Learn about pet therapy and conduct pet therapy with your animal at nursing homes and child care centers.
• Find out about raising a dog for persons with disabilities.
• Find homes in shelters for abandoned pets.
• 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.