9/11 Day Resources

Help people in your community get job ready:

• Resume writing
• Interview skills
• Dressing for success
• Research training programs
• Help individuals complete a job application or application for a training program

• Serve meals at a homeless shelter
• Bring meals to homebound neighbors and consider signing up to be a regular volunteer with local meal delivery services like Meals on Wheels
• Organize a food drive or even start or plan a community garden. When organizing a food drive make sure to check with you local food pantry or food bank to see what’s needed.
• Teach healthy eating on a budget

• Help others get vaccinated or find a testing location
  Do you know individuals who have not yet gotten a COVID-19 vaccine? You can serve others by helping them get vaccinated. Find tools to help you have a conversation, and use these resources to find a vaccine location near you or a COVID test.
• Arrange a health fair or dental clinic
• Organize a blood donor drive
• Register bone marrow and organ donors
  • Information about bone marrow donation
  • Information about organ donation
• Organize a drug take back
  • You can find a collection site near you. Click on the collection site locator and input your information.

• Remove graffiti from a building and paint a mural
• Create community green spaces by planting trees, grass, and flowers, especially in locations that may lack adequate green space
• Reclaim a park or abandoned space for community use
• Become a volunteer with a local, state, or national park

• Join your neighbors for a meeting to assess your community's disaster preparedness and take steps to support improvements. Find more information at Ready.gov.
• Distribute fire safety information and check for working smoke detectors
• Make and distribute disaster preparedness kits
• Host working sessions to help economically vulnerable citizens
• Share resources or apps that neighbors can use to help each other if disaster strikes
• Be your own first responder
• Check out tools and information about disaster and emergencies planning

The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster serves as a clearing house for anyone who wants to help communities and individuals recover from disasters. Learn about what you can do.

• Help low-income families find free tax preparation services and take advantage of the earned income tax credit
• Shovel elderly neighbors' walkways, clear leaves or help with other yard maintenance
• Participate in or create a neighborhood watch program
• Install smoke detectors or distribute batteries and install new batteries for those who have detectors. (Check with your local Red Cross and/or Fire Department to understand the greatest need.)
• Weatherize homes (Local churches may have a good idea of community members who need assistance.)
• Collect school supplies and deliver them to a local school (be sure to check what is needed first COVID-19 may have changed what schools need)
• Sign up to be a mentor or tutor (this can be done virtually)
• Check with your local fire station and see if you can organize a fall clean up or serve them a meal
• Arrange a visit to a veterans’ center. You can also check with the center to see if they need personal care items and launch a collection drive
• Arrange a visit or a virtual visit to a senior citizen center or send cards to residents/clients of a senior center