The following resources are available to enhance your family service efforts.

• A Busy Family’s Guide to Volunteering by DGT Executive Director Jenny Friedman, a comprehensive book describing hundreds of volunteer opportunities, including projects with children, the elderly, the environment, animals, cultural organizations and political campaigns.
• Doing Good Together: 101 Easy, Meaningful Service Projects for Families, Schools and Communities by Jenny Friedman and Jolene Roehlkepartain (preorder from Free Spirit Publishing or Amazon)
• DGT’s Family Service Night Manual, with all the information you need to host a fun, meaningful volunteer evening. The event consists of 5 to 10 “stations,” each one offering a simple, hands-on service project for families.
• Information packet to assist families in establishing their own tradition of community service, including information on holiday volunteering, volunteer vacations, which organizations welcome family volunteers and more. You are encouraged to copy this information and distribute it to the families in your organization through your own website or publications. Email us for more information.
• Customized materials for adults and children that encourage education on important social issues and thoughtful reflection as an integral part of any service project.