Encourage children to get involved in mission work in local churches.  The following is from the United Methodist Women's website:

"In my childhood church, we had a group called the Girls in Action." Ms. Honeycutt said. "We would go every week to Miss Thelma's, who would say would say: "Girls, we are not going to visit a nursing home, we are doing mission" … In addition to outreach to residents of the nursing home, the group cleaned a house for a woman paraplegic and baked cookies to deliver to new families in the community. Through the group, Ms. Honeycutt learned the names of missionaries, one of whom she named her cat for."

There are soldiers who never receive mail.  Kids can become a soldier's angel!  The following is from Soldier's Angel website:

To adopt a soldier you must commit to sending a card or letter a week and AT LEAST 1 or 2 care packages a month, This is important to help bring home a healthy hero, (care packages do not have to be expensive and you can put together your own), duration of adoption is usually 6 to 8 mo. 

As I said above, there are any number of things Christian young people can do to help others.  Simply wearing a bracelet and asking people to sign a petition got me started on the road to social activism. 

Disclaimer: The above mentioned websites are not endorsed by the author.

Notes
[1] How 'Judge not' is destroying America by Brannon Howse
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44270
[2] The Essentials of Christianity by Hank Hanegraaff
http://www.equip.org/free/CP0701.htm
[3] Children's Organ Transplant Association
http://cota.sonservers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=560&sid=e12c460bf43065da03800440343579cf
Christian organizations that offer help to families who are looking to establish a biblical worldview:
Worldview Weekend
http://worldviewweekend.com/
Probe Ministries offers the Mind Games Conference
http://www.probe.org/content/view/1017/217/

Copyright by Marsha West, 2006.  All rights reserved.

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