How to find a organization your community to do volunteer??

Question

How to find a organization your community to do volunteer??

Answer 1

Try out volunteermatch.org - there are usually many opportunities there.  Also check craigslist.org

If that doesn't work out check the local newspapers, even check with the schools in your area (high school kids usually need to do community service at some point, they might be able to connect you with an organization)

Answer 2

Easy!  Check with any of the following local entities:

Churches, hospitals, old folks' homes, schools; check the bulletin boards at supermarkets for local things; or, if you have a specific interest (like...you want to fight breast cancer), do a google search for the national organization for that cause.  Also, since it's an election year, "get out the vote" efforts, regardless of party (Republican/Democrat/etc.) are ongoing.  Check Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc.

Facebook and MySpace are also decent ways to find such things.

Answer 3

Call your Chamber of Commerce

Answer 4

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.

If you want to be a volunteer to help with the consequences of a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina, you need to register and prepare NOW. Here's a web site where you can register and start your preparation so that you can help the next time disaster strikes:

http://www.helpindisaster.org/

NetAid has programs specifically for high school students in North America who want to help in the developing world. NetAid is not a part of MeryCorps

http://www.netaid.org

TakingIT Global is another resource for young people in the USA who want to do something to affect the situation positively in developing countries

www.takingitglobal.org/

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