VOLUNTEER RESOURCES
ACTIVITY IDEAS

Free
- Come to a BBBS event!
- Tour Amish Country
- Little River Wetlands
- Eagle Marsh
- ACRES Land Trust preserves
- Saloman Farm Park
- Downtown Walking Tour
- Lindenwood Cemetery
- July 4 Fireworks
- Visit the Old Fort
- Tour Sweetwater
- Johnny Appleseed Festival
- Lifetime Sports Academy
- Wildcat Baseball
- Check out the Minion near Ossian
- Visit Markle water town Smiley Face
- See World’s Largest Egg in Mentone
- Visit meeting point of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana in Steuben County
- See nation’s second-largest flag on Coliseum Boulevard
- See the Batmobile on a pole at Auburn’s Kruse Plaza
- Check out Berne’s Muensterberg Plaza
- See “Oscar” the Beast of Busco
- Check out the Frog Rock on Ardmore Avenue
- Watch goalball at Turnstone
- Explore River Greenway
- Lindenwood Nature Preserve
- Hanson Observation Deck/Limestone quarry
- Check out covered bridges
- Heritage Park at 122nd Fighter Wing Air National Guard Base
- Memorial Park
- Foster Park flowers
- Veterans Memorial National Shrine and Museum
- Tour Fort Wayne murals
- Take a walk
- Play catch/shoot baskets
- Frisbee/Cornhole
- Crafts
- Visit the library
- School events
- Play cards
- Play a board game
- Chess/Checkers/backgammon
- Puzzles
- Painting/drawing/sculpting
- Write a story together
- Build a model
- Splash pad
- Pretend job interview
- Work on homework
- Listen to music
- Meet professionals from their areas of interest
- Bring a Little to work day
- Work out together
- Research topic
- Enter a contest together
- Family function
- Program your electronics
- Teach manners
- Personal hygiene
- Dream up vacations
- Grocery shopping
- How to sign checks/finances
- Iron/wash clothes
- Play 20 questions
- Volunteer
- Host birthday party for pet
- Roller blading
- Biking
- Visit your past favorite spots
- Learn to juggle
- Paper airplanes
- Visit airport
- Visit a train station
- Car show
- Fishing
- Picnic
- Clean up litter
- Four-leaf clovers
- Snow shovel
- Snow sledding
- Trace a family tree
- Write your own play
- Look at cloud shapes
- Talk about life
- How to fill out job application/build resume
- Build a fort
- Catch lightning bugs
- Feed ducks
- Walk a dog
- Church service
- Watch high school/college sports/events
- Meet other Bigs/Littles
- Check out Parks and Rec activities
- Check out charity events
- Tour your own city
- County fairs
- Start a garden
- Field trips
- Study the stars
- Take pictures
- Adopt a grandparent at retired home
- Bury a time capsule
- Celebrate half birthday
- Local parade
- Write a family newsletter
- Design holiday card
- Visit police/fire departments
- Make a collage
- Bonfire/roast marshmallows
- Paint or draw a T-shirt design
- Attend art show
- Wash car/water war
- Make a calendar
- Mow the grass
- Watch YouTube
- Make homemade pizza/cookies/ice cream
- Write a letter
- Chemistry set
- Visit a college
- Build house of cards
- Decorate eggs
- Carve pumpkin
- Decorate Christmas tree
- Try pickleball
- Fly a kite
- Take an art class
- Camp out in the backyard
Discounted
- Cooking/baking
- Read newspaper cartoons
- Read comic books
- Visit area attractions
- Bargain hunting
- Lemonade stand
- Science project
- Used book store
- Start a collection
- Scrapbooking
- Farmer’s market
- Fort Wayne Aviation Museum
- Black Pine Animal Sanctuary
- Laser X
- Roller Dome North
- Science Central
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art
- Fort Wayne Komets hockey
- Fast track racing
- Fort Wayne Philharmonic
- Fort Wayne Youth Theatre
- Putt Putt Fun Center
- TAG Art Company
- Tokens ‘N Tickets
- Ultrazone
- Bisque It Pottery Painting Studio
Virtual
- Take an online tour
- Read a book together
- Tour online museums
- Check out NASA
- Tour national parks
- Virtually tour theme parks
- Tour National Aquarium
- Take virtual roller coaster ride
- Take an online class
- Help with homework
- Online exercise class
- Tour landmarks like Eifel Tower, Taj Mahal, Sidney Opera House
- Play brain teasers
- TikTok dances
- Painting lesson from Bob Ross
- Try out podcasts
- Explore Mars
- Great Barrier Reef tour
- Ask Allen County Public Library and Science Central for ideas
- If you can imagine it, it’s out there
Paid
- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
- Mad Ants basketball
- TinCaps baseball
- Fort Wayne Pinball
- Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
- Walk about Parkview Field
- See show at the Embassy Theatre
- Ice skating
- Creative Women of the World
- The History Center
- Lakeside Park Sunken Rose Gardens
- Three Rivers Festival
- Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
- Tour Chief Richardville House
- Bass Mansion tour
- Try Fort Wayne Curling Club
- Fox Island
- Combat Ops Laser Tag
- African/African-American Historical Society Museum
- Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum
- Drive-in movie theatres at Garrett, Wabash and Huntington
- Garrett Historical Railroad Museum
- Hoosier Air Museum in Auburn
- Mid-American Windmill Museum in Kendallville
- Toboggan Run at Pokagon State Park
- Movies
- Eat
- Ice cream
- Concerts
- Sporting events
- Summer fairs
- Museum
- Malls
- Go to the beach/pool
- Bowl/Join a league
- Take CPR class
- General car care class
- Visit state park
- Take a class together
- Holiday shopping
- Visit farm
- Pumpkin patch
- Tour haunted house
- Golfing/Driving range
- Batting cage
- Rent a canoe
- Build something together
- Auto racing
- Eat some more