For the fairbanks AK area?

Question

does anyone know of a good place to do volunteer work around here besides the pet stores or the fire station?

Trying to help a friend out who is out there and she cannot find a decent job there and has tried her butt off and hates where she is at...and needs to get out of the house..

good advice only.. rude people will be blocked. thanks.

Answer 1

Hmm, the Food Bank is a good one, they're always willing to take volunteers

I used to work at KUAC/AlaskaOne which is the local pbs and a radio station, they're always willing to take volunteers for different things.  You can ask for Tammy Tragis-McCook there, her number is 907-474-1890

I know you said besides pet stores but I know the animal shelter looks for volunteers as well.

The biggest one to check would be United Way of the Tanana Valley at http://www.unitedwaytv.com/voloppdir.htm...

It gives all of the volunteer opportunities that they know of in Fairbanks, although sometimes their information is a little out of date in regards to the people to contact.  But otherwise a good source of information

Hope that helped!

Answer 2

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/

If you see an organization that you would like to help, but don't see a volunteering opportunity posted by that organization, it's okay to call them and say you would like to volunteer -- they may have opportunities they haven't posted. Also, many organizations are open to your own suggestions for volunteering activities.