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quotes.push("Set reading goals with a young person. For example, you could each try to read one book per month.");
quotes.push("Hold an annual neighborhood book swap. Ask neighbors to donate books they've already read, and invite everyone to come and find new books.");
quotes.push("Invite an elementary-age child to join you in a service project that you do with your family, school, congregation, or community.");
quotes.push("Contact a nearby school to find out if you can join the students for lunch one day.");
quotes.push("Contact a local museum to find out if the staff would be willing to train teenagers to be tour guides. Recommend this idea to a teen who is interested in art, history, or public speaking.");
quotes.push("Help a group of kids take a stand on an issue that matters to them, and stand with them.");
quotes.push("Suggest that young people record their lives through written and visual autobiographies.");
quotes.push("Invite a young person to join you for a meal.");
quotes.push("Ask a young person to teach you a new skill.");
quotes.push("Help young people learn about financial balance in life. Invite them to talk to you about economic pressures, and suggest ways they can share, save, and spend money.");
quotes.push("Join or launch a neighborhood group that meets regularly. Include people of all ages. Give everyone the opportunity to talk, contribute, and create ways to make the neighborhood a safer and happier place to live.");
quotes.push("Plan a karaoke party for youth and adults. Include popular music from all generations. If you don't have a karaoke machine, just sing along with favorite CDs or tapes.");
quotes.push("Ask a local school or community organization to provide a wall on which young artists can paint a mural with a positive theme.");
quotes.push("Tie a young child's shoelaces.");
quotes.push("Invite neighbors to eat a meal together. Choose a local restaurant or picnic area, pick a date and time, and spend time talking and getting to know each other better.");
quotes.push("Discuss your faith with a young person. Tell each other about a favorite holiday or holy day from your faith tradition. Visit each other's congregations, and then talk about what's similar and what's different.");
quotes.push("Ask the owner of a local pizza parlor to sponsor a family night in the restaurant. Invite local retailers to donate door prizes, and have volunteers organize family-friendly games.");
quotes.push("Enlist coworkers to "adopt" a nearby school by getting involved in mentoring, tutoring, and other supportive activities.");
quotes.push("Share cultural customs and rituals from your own background by inviting teens over for a traditional craft project or meal that highlights food from your ethnic heritage.");
quotes.push("Plan a progressive party in your neighborhood. Ask each family to prepare one snack, and begin the evening at your home. As a group, move from home to home until each family has had a turn to host.");
quotes.push("Start a book club with adults and teenagers who want to read just for fun.");
quotes.push("Hold a neighborhood celebration on the first or last day of the school year. Invite kids, parents, teachers, and neighbors to join in.");
quotes.push("Organize informal activities (such as pick-up basketball) for young people in your neighborhood. Make plans to do the activity every week if they're interested.");
quotes.push("Spend time with teenagers as their mentor, coach, or youth leader.
Adapted from You Can Make a Difference for Kids, 1999.");
quotes.push("Celebrate a young employee's new job with a lunch date and a tour of your workplace. Talk about your job and the job he or she has been hired to do. Encourage lots of questions.");
quotes.push("tart a short neighborhood newsletter to share stories and triumphs of neighbors of all ages.");
quotes.push("Volunteer your time at a school by tutoring students, chaperoning a field trip, or helping out at a special event.");
quotes.push("Are you new to a neighborhood, apartment complex, or town? Introduce yourself to one young person or adult each week. Even if you get a few strange looks at first, you will be doing your part to make the area friendlier for everyone.");
quotes.push("Learn about your own cultural heritage and the heritage of others. Find out if your community has a "Festival of Nations," a multicultural craft fair, or an exhibit of art from different countries, and invite a young person to join you.");
quotes.push("Invite a child or teenager to join you in doing a certain activity each season, such as picking strawberries, planting a garden, finding the biggest pumpkin, or singing holiday carols.");
quotes.push("Swap a music CD or cassette tape with a teen. Listen to the music together if you can, and tell each other why you like the music you chose.");
quotes.push("Encourage children to write letters to the editor of your local newspaper about issues that are important to them.");
quotes.push("Ask a teen for help with a project you're working on. What may be a burden to you could end up being an opportunity for a teen to gain school credit, boost self-esteem, or even escape from afterschool boredom.");
quotes.push("Attend a young person's sports event, poetry reading, concert, play, or other special performance.");
quotes.push("Make a book with a younger child. Cut out magazine illustrations for pictures. Write a fictional story and include the child and yourself as the main characters.");
quotes.push("Get to know a bully. Talk with her or him about alternative ways to behave around other young people, and make it clear that you won't tolerate bullying.");
quotes.push("Plan events for employees or coworkers that encourage family involvement, such as booking a mini-golf course for an afternoon. Suggest that nonparents bring other young family members or friends.");
quotes.push("Organize a musical instrument drive to encourage people to donate used but working instruments to a school or youth program.");
quotes.push("Find a gourmet goodie buddy. Bake brownies, cookies, or other treats with a young person as a fun way to spend time together.");
quotes.push("Invite a young friend to play cards or a board game with you. Share what you know, including game strategies, and ask whether your friend can give you a few hints, or introduce you to games you haven't tried before.");
quotes.push("Buy two season tickets to a children's theater, children's museum, or children's concert series. Invite a different young person to attend with you each time.");
quotes.push("Hire a young person to help you with a job around your home. Pay a fair price, and give feedback on what he or she did well.");
quotes.push("As a way to spend time together, invite a young friend to till, plant, and tend a garden patch with you, or create a container garden with potted plants. This can be a creative way to teach responsibility and a new skill.");
quotes.push("Help a young person gather information about a famous person he or she looks up to or admires. Discuss the values this hero seems to have and how those values guide what he or she does.");
quotes.push("Invite a little kid over for a glass of juice.");
quotes.push("Volunteer to read aloud at a school library or community center to help nurture kids' love of books.");
quotes.push("Invite a neighborhood resident to attend a school function with you.");
quotes.push("Volunteer to be a mentor for a young person. This gives you a chance to have one-on-one time with a child or teenager, allowing you to make a substantial difference in someone's life.");
quotes.push("Encourage a young person to read a biography or view a video or film about an unfamiliar musician or other artist. Ask what strengths he or she sees in that person's life.");
quotes.push("Invite young people and adults to bring beach towels or blankets to a backyard or park once it gets dark. Lie down and look at the stars in the sky. Name constellations or count stars together.");
quotes.push("Invite a teacher to have dinner at your home to show how much you value the work that he or she does.");
quotes.push("Start family traditions and rituals such as family game nights, service to the community, seasonal outings, or family meetings.");
quotes.push("Share stories with a teen about what life was like for you as a young person (dating, school, family relationships, and so on). Talking about these things may show that you have an understanding of what life is like for her or him.");
quotes.push("Model the values you want to pass on to your children. For example, do service projects together as a family. Talk about why you do it.");
quotes.push("Invite a teenager to join you in writing letters to elected officials about current political issues.");
quotes.push("Offer to mentor a teen from your community who is interested in exploring a career similar to your own. Help that person better understand your field and make appropriate educational plans.");
quotes.push("Ask a school or public librarian to create summer reading lists for students, focusing on books that have positive themes and subjects that are popular with youth.");
quotes.push("Help a child find ways to learn more about a subject that really interests her or him. For example, you might invite an animal lover to watch a documentary with you about a favorite animal, or join you on a visit to a local veterinarian.");
quotes.push("Create a new tradition with a child and remember to keep it each time. For example, have breakfast together on the first day of the new school year.");
quotes.push(""Hand down" a hobby by teaching a young person a skill, such as quilting, carpentry, or gardening.");
quotes.push("Contact a nearby high school and volunteer to chaperone a dance or partner with classes on a service activity.");
quotes.push("Share your creative talent with a young person by offering to give her or him lessons or working to refine the skills involved in the activity (such as wood carving, playing piano, or knitting).");
quotes.push("Ask a couple of kids to help you build an item such as a bookshelf or birdhouse and then, together, decide where it will go.");
quotes.push("Prepare a "Know Your Neighbors" directory by listing the names, addresses, phone numbers, hobbies, occupations, and special interests of nearby neighbors. Distribute to all who participate.");
quotes.push("Volunteer with a young person at a local animal shelter, nursing home, or community center.");
quotes.push("Ask a teenager to recommend a favorite book. Read the book, and later, have a discussion about the characters' values.");
quotes.push("Plan a holiday shopping event in your home or community center. Ask adult volunteers to collect and/or donate inexpensive gifts, paper, tags, and bows so children can select gifts and wrap them for family members.");
quotes.push("Stretch a child's thinking abilities by taking her or him to a new place, such as a bird sanctuary, a candy manufacturer, or a concert designed for young children. Let the child experience the sounds, sights, tastes, textures, and smells of the place.");
quotes.push("If you volunteer to help lead a youth activity, find one that matches your own talents and interests. If you like baseball, try coaching a team; if you enjoy bird-watching, volunteer to lead a group at a nearby camp.");
quotes.push("Ask neighbors to include their areas of expertise (computers, math, English, the arts) in a "Homework Helpers" list that you distribute to area students. Then encourage students to call neighbors when they need specific help.");
quotes.push("Invite an elementary-age child to make a "time capsule" about her or his expectations for the future. Suggest that the child put it in a safe place and look at the contents a few years later.");
quotes.push("At a family gathering, hold a "round robin" story time, where each person tells a favorite memory about another person who is present.");
quotes.push("Write notes on small cards with sentiments like "Thinking of you today." and "Have fun in school!" and put them in your child's bag lunch.");
quotes.push("When your child becomes interested in a subject, go with him or her to the library and pick out books on that topic.");
quotes.push("Have a "Teen Choice" movie night at your house every so often and make special treats for the occasion.");
quotes.push("Prepare a regular family dinner one night a week, letting a different person pick the menu each time.");
quotes.push("Be a tourist in your own town with a special young person; together, take a bus tour, go to a museum, or visit a historic site.");
quotes.push("Enroll in a community education class with your child and learn a new skill together.");
quotes.push("Set up a family game night, letting a different person pick the game each time.");
quotes.push("Participate in (or organize!) your neighborhood's National Night Out gathering on the first Tuesday in August.");
quotes.push("Set aside a spot for "Hero of the Month" news on your bulletin board or refrigerator. The hero can be a public figure, a neighbor, a teacher, a friend, or anyone who inspires your child.");
quotes.push("Organize an impromptu Neighborhood Clean-up.");
quotes.push("Throw a tea party—with real tea and teacups!");
quotes.push("Offer to help a parent by taking a toddler to explore a new place, such as a park or a store.");
quotes.push("Invite your child's teacher or coach to dinner.");
quotes.push("Attend your local high school's plays and concerts.");
quotes.push("Local libraries often put on readings, lectures, and even concerts. Attend one with your child.");
quotes.push("Try out a new recipe—and explore a new cooking skill—with your child.");
quotes.push("Go with your child to the same spot in a park or woods every month, and keep track of all the changes you see.");
quotes.push("When planning your garden for the spring, set aside a plot of land for your child to do what she or he likes with it.");
quotes.push("Check out a book on astronomy from the library, and go stargazing with your child on a clear night.");
quotes.push("Occasionally volunteer to take the class pet home for the weekend.");
quotes.push("Gather the neighborhood kids and hold a bicycle race. Give out small prizes like stickers and pens for awards, and make sure everyone who participates gets a prize.");
quotes.push("Read your favorite childhood book to your child.");
quotes.push("Take advantage of family and child discounts at your local zoo.");
quotes.push("When talking to a young person, try to avoid asking questions that have "yes" or "no" answers. Instead of asking "Do you like school?" you might say, "What's your favorite class? What do like about it?"");
quotes.push("In faith communities, encourage people of all ages to discuss their spiritual journeys, beliefs, and values.");
quotes.push("If you are able, attend the faith service of another religion or denomination.");
quotes.push("Tell kids stories in which they are cast as the heroes.");
quotes.push("Attend a sports game at your local high school, and cheer for your team.");
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