I live in the los angeles area and i just cant seem to find a good place to volunteer. Can you help me?

Question

I am a 14 year old high school freshman and i would really like to volunteer at a non profit child care program or a non profit animal (or cat or dog ect.) shelter. Do you know of any good places?

Answer 1

VolunteerMatch (http://www.volunteermatch.org), Idealist (http://www.idealist.org), Change.org (http://www.change.org) and CraigsList (http://www.craigslist.com) all list volunteering opportunities with thousands of organizations. 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. Also, contact your local volunteer center; you can find this via the Points of Light Foundation web site (http://www.pointsoflight.org/centers/).

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 2

Ask a vet or local animal shelter.  They should be able to point you in the right direction.  Or try volunteermatch.org