I would like to do volunteer work several places each week, many suggestions would be appreciated.?

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I would like to do volunteer work several places each week, many suggestions would be appreciated.?

Answer 1

For the USA:

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/

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.

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/

Project Gutenberg is always looking for online volunteers to proofread texts which are made freely available to the world. Volunteering for Project Gutenberg is something you can do from your home.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

LibriVox is a nonprofit effort that mobilizes volunteers to record chapters of books in the public domain. LibriVox then publishes the audio files on the Internet, via its web site. The goal is to record al books in the public domain! Volunteering for LibriVox is something you can do from your home. You can listen to free audiobooks recorded by volunteers, or volunteer to record yourself reading a chapter of a book in the public domain to share with everyone, by going to the LibriVox web site:

http://librivox.org/

Answer 2

I could give you a list, but I LOVE this website and found a LOT of info here

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

i have done alot of volunteer work and i can tell you- IT IS SOOOO REWARDING!

Literacy Volunteers ( math- ESL, reading )

Hospital Volunteer

Library

Animal Shelter

Senior Center

School Aide

Scouts always need help

Special Olympics

It tells you what is available isyour state

and local community

Any of the big Organizations are awesome to belong to

Jaycees(US JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)   i was a member from 1988-2003 (then i turned 40) I miss it so much and had a great deal of personal growth

Toastmasters - I  am member of this Organization and it mainly focuses on Public Speaking and personal growth

Do you have a masonic affiliation in the family?  You can join or if someone invites you -

Excellent Organizations

Job's  Daughters-

Rainbow

Eastern Star

The National Organizations

St. Jude

March of Dimes

Cystic Fibrosis

HOBY (Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation)

If you message me- I would be happy to help you figure it out and find something!!

volunteer work is so rewarding!

Answer 3

There is also Second Harvest food bank :)

Answer 4

Animal shelters always need volunteers.

Nursing homes need people who can talk, listen, play cards, sing songs etc.

Many hospices accept volunteer help

National Wildlife Refuges and local parks often need helpers.

Red Cross and Salvation Army gratefully accept volunteer help also.