In February 2025, Do Good Roseville hosted our first Family Service Fair which was a series of stations featuring kid-friendly, hands-on service learning projects for non-profits. We did a second FSF in October 2025. The idea for the fair, as well as many of the ideas, came from Doing Good Together, which is an amazing site full of ideas for raising kids who care and contribute.
We don’t want the projects to stop just because our fair is over, and many of the projects (especially the coloring ones) can easily be done at home. We have also added to the list from other sources.
If our information is out-dated, or even better, if you have ideas we can share with others, please contact Kathy at kramundt@hotmail.com.
***Very important to contact the organization before beginning a project to ensure they are accepting donations***
| Card/Note Making Opportunities | |
| A Million Thanks | Through our national letter-writing network, our organization distributes millions of handwritten messages of gratitude to active-duty service members and veterans across the globe |
| Cards for Hospitalized Kids | Their website has guidelines for what cards should and should not include. Cards are returned to them. |
| Color a Smile | You download their coloring pages, and return via mail. |
| Friends and Co. | Make cards for seniors four times a year |
| Keystone Community Services | Decorate bags and make cards for Meals on Wheels |
| Make-a-wish | Card making |
| Operation Gratitude | You can download pictures to color and add a message for service members and first responders |
| Roseville Area Senior Program – Meals on Wheels | Create cards to go in Meals on Wheels bags |
| Send a Smile for Kids | Make cards for kids in children’s hospitals. Features monthly challenges! |
| The World Needs More Love Letters | handwrite + mail love letters to people in need around the world. |
| Other types of projects | |
| Bundles of love | They have many projects for cutting, sewing, and much more. You can pick up supplies, do the project and return finished projects. |
| Confetti Foundation | The Confetti Foundation collects party supplies, assembles themed kits, and sends them to participating hospitals (includes Gillette Hospital) |
| Forever Flowers | This idea came from Doing Good Together. DGR will give our flowers to senior housing apartments. |
| Little Libraries or schools | This idea came from Doing Good Together. Make bookmarks to drop off at little libraries |
| Matter Box | Make snack packs |
| My Very Own Bed | Make polar fleece blankets (they need specific sizes) |
| People Serving People | At Falcon Heights Family Service Fair 2025 they made containers of laundry soap. They have other off-site projects. |
| Pet Haven | Make catnip toys. Here is one very simple one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VxPfhqSjI |
| Salvation Army | Make birthday kits |
| The Birthday Cake Project | Create your own kits and deliver them to a food bank in your area. Include a card with instructions! |
| Past projects at Falcon Heights Elementary Family Service Fair | We don’t have details about these. |
| Children’s Hospital | Help stuff stuffed animals to make reading buddies for the children’s hospital |
| Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity | They made Welcome signs for new homeowners |
| People Serving People | At Falcon Heights Family Service Fair 2025 they made containers of laundry soap. They have other off-site projects. |