- By Times Junior Journalist Romi Feng
Have you ever found yourself aimlessly scrolling through social media, or simply lying unproductively on your bed?
Well, how about doing something for good?
There’s lots of ways that you can give back to your community or use your creativity skills without having to spend hundreds of dollars or hours, and have fun in the process.
One great way is to hold a bake sale and donate the money to a charity.
You could gather your friends and family and have a competition to see who could sell the most things, or give them away to those in need.
Another way to be helpful is to volunteer. Volunteering could take as little as one hour per week, and there’s lots of different options to choose from, so you’re nearly guaranteed to find one that interests you!
If nothing seems to resonate with you, how about making a craft or joining a fun competition?
The SPCA has lots of fun and easy craft ideas that you could make for your own pet, like a rope tug-of-war toy for a dog or a feather toy for a cat.
As a bonus point, you could snap a picture of them playing with it and enter it into the SPCA photography competition – entries close 25th of October, so there’s still plenty of time to be in to win some potential prizes.
With all these options, there’s no excuses to not put that phone down and go do something fun and productive.
- Romi Feng is in year 8 at Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
