Community service for high school freshman?

Question

I'm 14, and want to do community service but everything I hear about I can only only volunteer for if I have parental guidance. Where can I find out about things to volunteer for near me that I can do without a parent?

Answer 1

Local library

Answer 2

www.thepencilproject.com

Anyone can do this anywhere and you can even get your classmates involved to have a more successful project. It's easy and very rewarding and you WILL be making a difference!

Answer 3

Be prepared to make a lot of phone calls -- you will need to call each organization that looks interesting to you and find out if you may volunteer at 14. Volunteering opportunities are listed here:

VolunteerMatch, http://www.volunteermatch.org

Idealist, http://www.idealist.org

Change.org, http://www.change.org

CraigsList, http://www.craigslist.com

Network for Good, http://www.networkforgood.org

http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/

ServeNet, http://servenet.org/

Also, contact your local volunteer center; you can find this via the Points of Light Foundation web site, http://www.pointsoflight.org/centers/

There's also this government sponsored site, http://volunteer.gov/gov/ which provides volunteer positions through USA federal land agencies like Fish & Wildlife, Forest Service, National Parks, etc.

You can also try contacting a community of faith near you (church, temple or mosque) to see if they have group volunteering in which you may participate (they may be volunteering at a homeless shelter, for instance, as a group).

Answer 4

Try your local hospital or any nursing home they are usually glad to get youthful volunteers. Also try your local library for reading stories to kids on weekends for their story hour.