When a Builders Club plans and hosts a school-wide service event or project, they give more people a chance to contribute time and resources — and that means a bigger impact. It can even have a more enduring influence by educating students and adults about the chosen cause or issue.

There are many ways to make that impact! Here are eight ideas for service, education and fundraising that involve the whole school:

1) Host a bike-a-thon fundraiser for a children’s hospital. Talk to the school principal (and any other representatives they suggest) about conducting the event on the school’s campus. Recruit students, teachers and staff to ride and raise funds.

2) Organize a drive for used electronic devices. Teach your school about the growing problem of electronics in the waste system — and partner with an electronics recycling company to gather used electronics and dispose of them responsibly.

3) Teach students to do energy audits at home. Ask them to talk with their family about one change they can make to lower energy use. Create a board and post it in a visible place so students can showcase their energy-conservation changes.

4) Create a campaign about single-use plastics and their environmental impact. Invite students to create posters and artwork to show ways their families will commit to reducing single-use plastics in daily life.

5) Host a toiletries drive for a local shelter. Invite nonmembers to help sort and pack donations at the drive’s end.

6) Hold a drive for a children’s hospital or domestic shelter. Gather children’s books, activity books, coloring books, crayons, playing cards, word-search books, Play Doh® and other items. Host an assembly event for students to create care packages for donation.

7) Organize an adopt-a-pet campaign. Visit a local animal shelter with your club and then organize a school assembly that features a speaker from the shelter — along with some furry pets!

8) Host a movie-night fundraiser. Invite the whole school community. Open the event with a presentation about the organization or cause that will receive the night’s donations.

No matter how your Builders Club conducts school-wide service or fundraising, don’t forget one of the most important benefits: Your activity shows students throughout the school what Builders Club is about!