Generosity Week

A Museum of Service is a local, community-designed exhibit that transforms public spaces (like libraries, civic centers, or schools) into storytelling hubs. These exhibits showcase stories of local service, volunteerism, mutual aid, and everyday civic leadership.

An everyday local leader—such as a student, youth organizer, business owner, nonprofit representative, or active volunteer—who guides a local team through collecting stories and co-designing a neighborhood “Museum of Service” exhibit.

Anyone passionate about their local community! The opportunity is open to students, youth group leaders, nonprofit representatives, local business owners, neighborhood organizers, and active volunteers. No professional museum experience is required.

Participation in the program is entirely free—giving you no-cost access to all tools, curriculum, and technical assistance—while exhibit production costs vary by community, offering flexible design options ranging from low-cost community setups to professional-grade installations.

Participating teams will launch a localized peer-to-peer crowdfunding campaign on GivingTuesday (December 1) to directly raise funds for local panel printing, framing, and installation. Additionally, 10 teams will receive a $500 stipend to support installation costs.

During Generosity Week (Dec 1–5), you and your team will participate in a 5-day virtual co-design sprint. NMCFS will host daily virtual workshops and drop-in office hours so you can work at your own pace to finalize print-ready exhibit files using turnkey Canva templates.

Exhibits are meant to transform high-traffic public spaces into civic hubs. Ideal host venues include public libraries, civic centers, local museum spaces, schools, businesses or community hubs.

Completed physical and digital exhibits can be displayed at any time that suits your community, however we will be hosting a nation wide debut in January during Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities.