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[quote=Anonymous]When my son was looking for a project, we were told to avoid anything with our local public school system as beneficiary. It takes close to a year to get all the necessary approvals. Also, anything that one might consider "routine maintenance" will not be approved: painting, making repairs, etc., even if the beneficiary does not have the funds to do the work themselves.

I wish you luck. Several times my son commented that he was amazed how few people wanted help.

Is there an area in your neighborhood that he could beautify and install birdhouses? Create free neighborhood garden plots? Build raised gardening boxes at a local nursing home? Build a gazebo or walking path with flowers at a local nursing home?

You want to think small and local. A franchised location will have too much red tape. My best advice is to find a very small, locally-owned beneficiary with one contact person who can give final approval and present his idea in person with preliminary sketches, a time frame, and a budget-- while assuring the beneficiary that he will be handling all fundraising.[/quote]

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