🎒 Student Action Hub

See something that could be better? Build a project around it.

You don't need to start a nonprofit or already know what you're doing.

1. PICK → 2. RESEARCH → 3. CONNECT → 4. PLAN → 5. ACT → 6. SHARE

1️⃣ Pick Something You Care About

🌱 Environment • 🍎 Food • 🧠 Mental Health • 🏠 Housing • 🐝 Wildlife • ♿ Accessibility • 📚 Education • 🚌 Transportation • 🤝 Community • 🎨 Arts • 🗳️ Civic Life

Start with a problem—not a solution.

2️⃣ Find What's Already Happening

Before creating something new:

Research the issue → Find local organizations → Find existing projects → Ask what's actually missing

Find project opportunities:

Youth Service America

SciStarter

EPA Student Resources

KidsGardening

3️⃣ Bring It to Your School

New to this?- Student Project Quickstart Guide

Find a:

Teacher • Counselor • Club Advisor • Student Council Advisor • Principal

Tell them:

“I found a community issue I'd like to turn into a student project. I researched what's already being done and would like your help figuring out how we could do this through our school.”

📄 Give Your Teacher This

→ Download: Teacher Guide to Student Community Projects

This explains the program, possible academic connections, the teacher's role, safety/permission considerations, and how students can lead most of the work.

Need Administration Review? Administration Review Document

4️⃣ Build Your Team

Aim for:

STUDENTS + SCHOOL ADVISOR + COMMUNITY PARTNER

Add experts, businesses, universities, nonprofits, or local government only when useful.

5️⃣ Build the Project

Student Toolkit

📄 Choose Your Project

📄 Research What's Already Happening

📄 Project Planner

📄 Community Partner Outreach Templates

📄 Teacher/Principal Proposal

📄 Meeting Prep Sheet

📄 Budget & Materials Planner

📄 Impact Tracker

📄 Share What Worked

6️⃣ Leave It Better Than You Found It

Record:

What you did • Who helped • What it cost • What worked • What didn't • What should happen next

Then give it to the students who come after you.

One student starts it → another improves it → another school can copy it.

🌎 Your Project Can Be Small

A project might be:

Start composting • Build a garden • Map community resources • Improve accessibility • Research transportation barriers • Reduce cafeteria waste • Create a mental-health resource guide • Restore habitat • Organize a clothing swap • Research a local policy • Help an existing nonprofit solve a problem

Don't try to fix everything. Make one thing genuinely better.

PICK → RESEARCH → CONNECT → PLAN → ACT → SHARE