Blueprints
Tried-and-true ideas from community builders across the country. Read how they did it, then bring it to your community.
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Deadline Dash
By 10 Steps CampaignThe last day to register, turned into a block party.
Kids' Corner at the Polls
By 10 Steps CampaignCrafts and games for the little ones so parents can actually vote in peace.
Neighborhood Rides to the Polls
By 10 Steps CampaignA full tank and a plan to make sure that the hassle of voting isn't the reason someone stays home.
Voter Registration Potluck
By 10 Steps CampaignBring a dish, bring a friend, leave verified and registered.
Refuse Refuse's Neighborhood Cleanup
By Refuse Refuse · San Francisco, CAPick up litter with your neighbors for an hour, then stick around for coffee. The block gets cleaner and the strangers become friends.
Disco Soup
By Community InspiredA neighborhood party around rescued vegetables, where strangers chop and cook to dance music. Then everyone eats free soup.
Community Garden
By Community InspiredA patch where neighbors grow food and connection side by side. The vegetables are the excuse.
Repair Café
By Community InspiredNeighbors bring their broken toasters, lamps, and torn coats. Volunteers who know how to fix things sit down with them and fix them together, free, with coffee.
Soup Pitch Dinner
By Community InspiredFive dollars buys you soup, salad, bread, and a vote. Neighbors pitch ideas for the neighborhood, everyone eats and votes, and the winner walks out with the whole pot.