Volunteer Work in Miami, FL? URGENT!!?

Question

I'm in 7th grade (12yrs, turning 13 soon) and i need community service hours for the program I'm in at my middle school, National Junior Honor Society (N.J.H.S.). I've tried so hard to find a place to volunteer but either I'm too young or the people wont get back to me. I tried volunteermatch.com but I'm too young for the places I'm interested in volunteering. PLZ HELP!! THANKS SOOO MUCH!!

Answer 1

Have you contacted Kiwanis International or Heifer Project International?  Both have volunteers in you town.

Answer 2

Please check out www.HandsOnMiami.org. Until you turn 13, you can participate in Community Bridges projects, which are large-scale projects held 1-2/month.

When you turn 13, you will then be able to participate in the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC).

Until then, please email [e-mail] to send you the latest projects for Community Bridges. Be sure to check out www.HandsOnMiami.org to see more information.

Answer 3

Also try:

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.

Also talk to your parents -- will one of you volunteer with you?