Students can join together to make their community a cleaner and healthier place in which to live and play. Meetings can be held to discuss the different ways they can help the environment and why it's important to take care of the earth. The students can help teach others how to care for the earth while participating in environmental activities such as cleaning up litter and planting gardens.
Peer tutoring programs are one way students can get involved in helping their communities. Older students can help younger students with homework and studying. Students can also participate in buddy programs with special needs students. An afterschool program of this nature can help all kids, from those who just need a little extra help to those with more severe disabilities, and everyone in between.
In many communities, homelessness and hunger are very prevalent concerns. An afterschool program can be devoted to helping combat this problem. Students can organize food drives and volunteer at soup kitchens. They can also organize donations for clothes and other necessities. Students who know how to sew can help make blankets to distribute to the homeless.
An afterschool program that involves senior citizens can be beneficial to all parties. School children and teenagers can learn many things from their elders while volunteering at nursing homes and other residential facilities. Students can also participate in meals programs that help bring food to seniors who are homebound.