Informal Letter Writing 

Your cousin, who lives in another state, says that her

society is interested to do some social work to aid the
community as part of the year's activities. She asks you for
some ideas on how to go about it. Using the information
you gathered from the internet, write a letter to her,
outlining your ideas on how she or anyone else can do
community work.

♦ Start a food bank - collect foodstuff - house-to-house

collection - residential area
♦ Class-to-class collection - set up - outside school canteen
♦ Send to international organisations - needing food
♦ Volunteer to help at animal shelter
♦ Visit a nursing home - bring joy and comfort to the
inmates
♦ Start your own recycling drive - collect aluminium cans,
newspapers, batteries - send to recycling  centres
♦ Set up recycling bins
♦ Go door to door - collect recyclables
♦ Help to build, repair home - clean up compounds - good
exercise
♦ Help out at the local museum or library

When writing your letter, you must:

• lay out your letter correctly (address, greeting, closing)
• use all the notes given
• provide relevant information where necessary
• remember that you are writing an informal letter