Getting Started Is Easy

1. Decide what you want or need to do to help.

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Are you interested in volunteering your time to raise funds and support a child’s camp experience? If so, please take a moment to read the information below on how you can get involved! If you prefer to make a monetary donation, you can do so by visiting our donations page. For those in need of court-ordered community service hours, our sister site, CourtOrderedCommunityService.com, can assist you. Similarly, if you require service learning hours for graduation or promotion to the next grade level, you can find help at our other site, CommunityServiceForSchool.com. Whichever path you choose, your efforts will yield wonderful results. By actively engaging in your community, you help raise awareness for a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children with special needs and life-threatening illnesses. Through your personal sponsorship, you enable a child from your community to experience the joy of attending a fun-filled camp. Furthermore, by volunteering or completing your school or court requirements, you contribute positively to your community. Your actions truly make a difference and create a positive impact on the lives of those in need.

2. Decide how you want to send a child in need to camp.

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If you’re interested in raising money, take a moment to explore the information below on how you can achieve this goal. For those who wish to contribute camping gear or any other gently used, functioning equipment, we invite you to visit our donations page. Alternatively, if you’re looking to recycle cell phones and help us earn $1-$60 per phone collected, you can head over to our friends at the Wireless Alliance. Our mission at Reachout America is to make the world a better place, and you can be a part of it in various ways. Whether you decide to volunteer your time to raise funds or donate goods, or if you have community service hours to fulfill, your efforts will directly and profoundly impact the lives of children in need, uplifting and inspiring them. Making a personal commitment to work with Reachout America is the first step towards achieving your goals. Once you’ve made this decision, the next step is to determine how you want to get involved. To help you get started, we’ve compiled a wealth of ideas and provided links on these pages. Take action today and make a positive difference in the lives of those who need it most!

We at Reachout America would like to Thank You for your interest in helping with a noble cause. It is kind hearted people like yourselves that help make our program a success and we are grateful to you. At this point it is probably very clear that we feel like there is nothing more rewarding than seeing a smile on a childs face. We are a nonprofit so raising funds keeps us very busy. And this economy has us working overtime.”. Here are some ways you can help:
You organize and produce a fundraiser (a simple, creative campaign to collect money on behalf of Reachout America). You can present us with an idea of your own, or can use one of these popular and successful campaigns to raise money to donate to Reachout America. These fundraising ideas will help you get started on your journey and  help profoundly touch the lives of a child in need in your community by donating the funds to Reachout America.
  1. Hold a Benefit Car Wash – This is one of the favorite fund raising ideas. Enlist your friends, secure a location, and wash your way to success.
  2. Yard Sale/Rummage Sale – This is a good way to sell your unused/unwanted possessions and gather support for your cause. You can ask for donations of “gently used things” from friends, family, co-workers, and teachers to build up your “inventory” and maximize your earning potential. Including a bake sale or other concessions (hot dogs and soda) is a great way to keep people browsing and raise additional funds at the same time.
  3. A backyard bake sale brouhaha – This has been a tried-and-true fundraiser although there are some initial costs associated with making the delicious desserts! However, you can ask for “baked donations” from friends and family to increase your success and minimize your out-of-pocket expenses. In addition to having a bake sale “party” in your backyard, you can check with your community churches and/or local stores with high levels of foot traffic to see if they will allow you to set up a bake sale display at their location.
  4. Collection Containers – Upon pre-approval from both local business owners and Reachout America, you can place our non-profit collection containers in business establishments throughout your town, including: popular eateries, convenience stores, beauty salons, music shops, coffeehouse, flower stores, and other specialty shops where there is a high flow of walk-in traffic. If you choose this option, you must be sure to meet with the facility owner or manager and verify that you will be the one and only person authorized to collect the containers at pre-designated times.
  5. Find a PenPal – A great way to connect and put a smile on a special child or elders face and Let them know that you care.
  6. Recycle Trash for Cash! You set up and manage a recycling program for cell phones and/or ink cartridges in your neighborhood. For this option, you can get started today by simply clicking on the recycling links provided here and typing in your address so that you can be sent the postage paid shipping labels! Once you’ve mailed the phones or cartridges in the appropriate envelopes provided to you and the funds will be credited to send a child to camp.

And some other ideas:

  • A street snow shoveling benefit
  • A neighborhood dog washing weekend
  • Help kids or elderly get started on our pen pal program
  • A mini concert at a local coffee shop
  • Calling on businesses and asking for donations
  • Do professional services for someone for donations
  • At your business have a jeans day – wear Jeans for a $5 donation
  • Etc – anything else you think of! (We love new ideas)

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Community Service for School                   Court Ordered Community Service

Court Ordered Community Service, a division of the nonprofit organization ~ Reachout America, offers several fun, flexible, and rewarding opportunities for you to secure community service hours that not only will enable you to complete your designated requirements, but also give you the chance to help improve the lives of kids in America with health issues and/or physical challenges. Through your time and sweat equity, your community service hours directly help us send a kid 2 camp! In addition, we do everything we can to help a child right in your very own community. Thus, the money you raise from your collection campaign will directly be used to provide for a child from your area.

“Court Community Service gives us (judges) an opportunity to mandate community service for offenders ranging from the well-to-do to the indigent.” – – Judge Ronald B. Adrine, Cleveland Municipal Court and founder of Court Community Service.

Reachout America’s Service-Learning is a unique and wonderful educational and enlightening opportunity not only for individual students to engage actively in and contribute directly to their particular community while earning academic credit/hours toward their graduation requirements, but also for the general public to interact with and participate in the teaching of youth in their neighborhoods. It’s a cool concoction of both teaching and learning. It offers community members the chance to take part in the active education of its youth, and it offers the participants seeking the experience of service-learning the chance to identify, address, and do something worthwhile about real needs in their own communities. As a fun, hands-on approach to education, service-learning allows students to go out into the real world and embark on a plan of action that will directly improve, enhance, and uplift the lives of others, specifically ~ send a kid 2 camp.

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Community Service for School
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