Organizations for teens to help????

Question

i really love spreading the word about things that are important,but that most people might not know about(such as to write love on her arms). i would love to help out with organizations that i dont already know about!!epsecially organizations that will help other teens! any ideas???

Answer 1

If you want to volunteer in your area (and you are in the USA), use any of these web sites to help identify who is looking for volunteers, many of whom are focused on teens:

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.

As you identify programs that service or target teens, you could help create awareness about them by:

-- writing an article for the school newspaper and/or a letter to the editor of your local paper

-- using your profile or blog space on MySpace or FaceBook or whatever you use to talk about such initiatives

-- create a profile at change.org and link to initiatives that serve teens