The players will give four days of voluntary labour to the Otago community in a variety of activities from Monday to Thursday.
On Friday, they will help with the shift of the Academy of Sport gymnasium from the old art gallery at Logan Park to Forsyth Barr Stadium.
"We are combining a week of training with a week of community work," Highlanders high performance manager Greg O'Brien said yesterday.
"We have done a lot of community work in the past but we haven't had a focus like next week before.
"It is important at this stage of our year to get out into our community as much as we can.
We feel it is time to get out and be part of our community and do things that reflect that.
"We represent the community and want to get out where we can in concentrated fashion next week and do as much as we can."
On Monday, the Highlanders will be involved in a beach clean-up day at Tomahawk, St Kilda, Blackhead and Brighton.
Tuesday will feature tree planting on Quarantine Island and at Ravensbourne School, and helping with a Christmas party at Outram.
On Wednesday, the Highlanders will be doing manual work restoring a mountain bike track at Livingstonia Park at Taieri Mouth, and helping with gardening and waterblasting at the aged care home in Mosgiel. Ben Smith and Chris Noakes will talk rugby at a King's High School parent evening.
On Thursday the Highlanders will have a poster shoot in the morning and in the afternoon will help the Brighton Surf Club with a firewood fundraiser by chopping and splitting wood.
The Highlanders played backyard cricket against local teams at Queenstown Recreation Ground on Thursday and will be having a camp at Paradise, near Glenorchy, this weekend.
