Projects & Impact

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Pack with Purpose is Little Way In Action’s youth-led food security program, empowering young people to organize food drives, collect and pack high-need items, and support local families while building leadership, teamwork, and compassion through service.

 Kits & Kindness is Little Way In Action’s intergenerational program that helps young volunteers build meaningful connections with older adults through conversation, activities, and shared experiences while developing empathy, confidence, and leadership. Run your own volunteering effort at your local retirement home with our free downloadable resources!

Share & Wear is Little Way In Action’s youth-led clothing access program, empowering young people to organize clothing drives and swaps that give gently used items a second life while supporting local families and promoting service, sustainability, and community care.

 Little Way in Action hosts an annual Lemonade Stand with proceeds going to local food shelters, like SHARE of McLean and United Way. Start your own charity-focused Lemonade Stand! Contact us to help you get started. 

 Every spring, Little Way in Action needs your help in their Special Olympics volunteering effort. Join us in making signs, cheering for, and assisting the athletes every spring. Please contact us if you're interested in joining them in this very special event!

 Our Youth Ambassadors have played a vital role in leading our Valentine’s Day card initiatives for residents in retirement communities. We invite you to start your own effort! Visit our Resources Page for downloadable Valentine’s Day cards that can be printed and colored. 

 Our Youth Ambassadors assemble comfort kits for She Believes in Me, an organization that provides life skills, emotional support, and resources for children and teens in need. Together with many friends, the volunteers donate and bag hundreds of items for the comfort kits, which included comfy socks, blankets, pillows, nightlights, totes, and homemade bookmarks. 

 SHARE events are always a HUGE success! With the tremendous support and help from their school, Youth Ambassadors led the effort of stuffing hundreds of food items for SHARE of McLean. 

 Our Youth Ambassadors distribute Valentine’s Day cards to residents at local Nursing Homes. Check out our Resources page for printable Valentine's greetings to help you lead your own effort. Print, color, and share the greetings with hospitals, retirement homes, or homeless shelters!

Little Way's Youth Ambassadors lead the donation of hundreds of food items for kids in need during the summer months.

Little Way's Youth Ambassadors lead the donation of Easter baskets stuffed with chocolates, candies, juice boxes, and toys. 

 Use our Contact Us page to tell us about your interests, the causes you care about, and how you would like to serve. 

 Youth Ambassadors look for real needs in their schools, neighborhoods, or communities and choose an issue they feel passionate about addressing. 

 With guidance from Little Way In Action, Ambassadors develop a service project, create the materials and resources needed to support it, and build a plan for putting the idea into action. 

 Ambassadors test their ideas through hands-on service, recruit and engage other volunteers, and learn what works through real community experience. 

 Successful projects are reviewed with Little Way In Action’s administrators and Board of Directors, who help refine, support, and scale promising ideas so they can be repeated, shared, and sustained. 

 Become a Youth Ambassador and turn a small idea into meaningful community impact.