1. Set up a recycling station in the church hall.
2. Church Yard Sale: Hold a yard sale in the church parking lot as a fundraiser
3. Plant trees around the church
4. Plan a day to pick up any trash on the church grounds or in the neighborhood around the church
5. Bulletin board at church with a picture/short story on an index card about one change each family has made to make their home more environmentally friendly as stewards of God’s Creation.
6. Clothing Swap: Plan a day for the community to hold a clothing swap (hand me downs on a grand scale) in the hall. One side of the hall can have tables for boys/men’s clothing. Each table is labeled with a size range. The other side of the hall is for the girls/women’s clothing. Again, tables are labeled with a size range. Anyone wanting to participate, brings clothing (in decent shape) on the designated day. They sort their clothing onto the appropriate tables. (i.e. Sorting time is from 9am – 10am) Then everyone can look through the clothes and find items they need for their growing kids or different clothes for themselves. (This can take place after the sorting from 11am – 1pm, for example) It can be a social time where coffee and snacks are brought while benefiting everyone at the same time with a clothing swap.
7. Community Garden: There are many different ways you could approach this but the basic idea is for a community garden on the church property where parishioners can grow fruits and vegetables together for their homes and for social hour after Liturgy on Sunday.
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