Our nation’s youth need guidance to help build fit bodies and strong minds. Your involvement will foster a generation that is less prone to disease, are higher academic achievers, and more educated about food and its effects on health. These factors can have lasting effects on a child’s overall development and future.

It's going to take all of us working together to help our youth build fit bodies and strong minds.  There are plenty of ways to make an impact.  Do your part by participating in one of the service projects below.

10 Ways to Get Involved

• Organize a book drive
• Encourage a child to meet the President’s Active Lifestyle Challenge
• Conduct summer feeding program outreach
• Build or rehab a playground
• Clear a walking trail
• Read to kids - reading five books over the summer helps prevent summer learning loss
• Sponsor a sports tournament or camp for kids
• Create a community garden
• Collect and donate fresh produce from a local farm
• Organize a back to school supplies drive

You can help by becoming a United We Serve: Let's Read. Let's Move. Ambassador or you can organize service projects in your community that help combat childhood obesity and summer reading loss.

Become a United We Serve Ambassador

• Commit your organization to sponsoring 1 of 10 activities listed to use service as a solution to childhood obesity and summer learning loss
• Set goals and track your accomplishments
• Post volunteer opportunities on SERVE.gov
• Plan a local event to highlight your projects in communities
• Promote your support of United We Serve: Let's Read. Let's Move to your network.
• Share your stories of success with us
• Allow us to list your organization or community group as working to solve childhood obesity and/or stop summer learning loss