To give kids the inspiration, information, and opportunity to do something to make a difference. By doing something in the areas of community building, health, and the environment, young people develop leadership skills, citizenship, and character.

What is Do Something?

Think of Do Something as the Little League of service learning.

Little League is dedicated to the promotion of baseball - using a bat and ball, having innings, and fostering fitness and a spirit of teamwork.

Do Something promotes the inspiration and opportunity to make a difference by offering an infrastructure, common language, and format for kids to be the players and stars on the field. Do Something teaches kids how to effect change via our Path to Change process and offers regular occasions to get involved during the calendar year. Through these activities, Do Something fosters youth leadership, citizenship, and character.

For the serious player, Little League offers national team competition with coaches and fair play. Similarly, Do Something certifies Community Coaches who lead teams of young people in change-making Do Something Projects.

Finally, Little League has its annual All-Stars, locally and nationally. Do Something salutes BRICK Award winners throughout the country. These are our brightest shining examples of leadership, citizenship, and character.

History

Since 1993, Do Something has been a leader in structured creativity for youth in America, providing awards, events, coaching, curricula, and the inspiration to do something. Do Something was founded by Andrew Shue and Michael Sanchez, childhood friends from NJ who wanted to make a difference. They had a very simple dream: what if making a difference became just as cool and important to American education as athletics? What if community service became like physical education during the day and team sports after school? Kids would develop not only their minds and bodies, but their souls. Every school might have a math teacher, football coach - and a Community Coach. American youth would learn leadership, citizenship, and character, and our democracy would be stronger for it.

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