Local help?

Question

Me and my fiancée want to do some community service and charities in and around our town. We live in Cleveland. I was wondering if there was a place to find out how to help out our community.

Answer 1

I think I would contact the  county commissioners or the health dept. to start.  They could refer you to the place most needed.

Answer 2

call your local newspaper and ask for alist of volunteeer openings also your area hospitals or Veterans Administration is agood place to start,good for you and good luck

Answer 3

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.