How to get involved in community service/volunteering?

Question

I'm in 9th grade and I want to get involved ASAP.

Now that I'm not playing competitive soccer anymore, I actually have time to volunteer.

I want to know some good ideas for community service/volunteering that would look good on a college application and help people out.

Answer 1

I volunteered at a homeless shelter.

Answer 2

Try your local hospital. Maybe a assisted living home. ☼

Answer 3

These databases of volunteering opportunities will connect you with dozens, if not hundreds, of opportunities in your area:

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/

Answer 4

Hospitals, Shelters, Soup centers and Churches all need volunteers all year long.  Ask your parents where they volunteer their time? Maybe your family can volunteer together somewhere. I personnally volunteer with the local Jaycees.