Dayton, Ohio · October 9 to 11, 2026

Do Something Weekend

One city. Sixty-five neighborhoods.
Four hub sites. Three days to change them.

Count Me In See The Hub Sites

  October 9 to 11, 2026

Powered by The Living City Project In partnership with the City of Dayton
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Where this came from

Neighbors, working
side by side.

Each year, churches and hundreds of neighbors come together through initiatives like the Living City Project and local church outreaches to serve our communities and help our city shine.

Do Something Dayton grew out of these expressions of churches, neighborhood leaders, and community members working side by side. Our vision is to mobilize collaborative efforts throughout the year that help neighborhoods across Dayton flourish.

By connecting communities of faith that want to serve with neighborhood leaders who understand their communities' needs, we hope to inspire creative and meaningful projects: neighborhood cleanups, park restoration, painting, beautification, community outreach, and more.

  • 4 Hub sites this October
  • 65 Neighborhoods on the map
  • 3 Days to do something
  • 1 City worth the trouble
The downtown Dayton skyline under a peach and rose sunset, with rooftops and a church steeple in the foreground

This year's Do Something Weekend is happening October 9 to 11,
and you are invited to join us.

Four hub sites, pinned below

Pick your
hub site.

This is the real Dayton: all sixty-five neighborhoods, drawn from the city's own boundary maps. The four push pins are our hub sites for October. Click one to see its projects, when they run, and what each one needs, then sign up for the work you want.

Beta run October is our first Do Something Weekend, so we are starting with four neighborhoods and doing them properly. The rest of the city is on this map on purpose. We intend to reach every one of them. If yours is not pinned yet, find it below and tell us to come there next.

Drawing Dayton…

Boundaries: City of Dayton eGIS. Rivers: OpenStreetMap contributors. Project assignments at each hub open closer to the weekend.

Pick a lane

There is more than
one way to do something.

  • Neighborhood cleanups

    The work that started it all. Streets, alleys, vacant lots, and the corners everybody walks past. Bring gloves and bring people.

  • Park restoration

    Mulch, planting, trail clearing, and playgrounds made safe again.

  • Painting

    Porches, railings, fences, and the front doors of neighbors who cannot climb a ladder anymore.

  • Beautification

    Flower beds, murals, planters, and street corners that tell the truth about who lives there.

  • Community outreach

    Block parties, cookouts, back-to-school drives, senior visits, and whatever else a neighborhood tells us it actually needs. If you have an idea nobody has tried yet, that is exactly what this weekend is for.

Three steps

It is simpler
than you think.

  1. 01

    Pick a hub and find the work

    A church, a neighborhood association, a business, a student group, or one person with a Saturday free. Choose one of the four hub sites on the map above. Each hub lists its own projects with the date, the hours, and how many hands it needs, and you can sign up for one right there.

  2. 02

    We connect you

    The work is organized before you arrive, by neighborhood leaders who know what their block actually needs. We put you on a project and tell you where to be. That match is the whole point.

  3. 03

    Show up October 9 to 11

    You will have a project, a place, a time, and people beside you. Then you will have a neighborhood that looks different on Monday.

Blocks of Dayton rowhouses and tree-lined streets below the Water Street tower at sunset, downtown behind them

Together, we can make a lasting difference.
One neighborhood at a time.

The four October hub sites. Pick one on the map above and it lands here. Want us in a different neighborhood? Suggest it in the box below.

How I would like to participate

Something your neighborhood needs, this year or next. October is a beta run of four hub sites, and what people ask for here is how we decide where Do Something Weekend goes after it.

We use your information to coordinate Do Something Weekend and nothing else. No sharing, no selling.