Volunteering for teens?

Question

i live in a rural area and there's not much opportunity to volunteer for teens, in my town there's no hospital, nursing home, or soup kitchen.....i would love to make my own program or find one in the area.....any ideas?

Answer 1

Are there any community or recreational centres? Animal shelters? If you contact them, they'll probably have work for you.

You can also try schools, day camps, etc.

Do Google searches for "[townname] organizations", "[townname] non-profit", "[townname] events," etc.

Answer 2

Try  volunteer websites like www.volunteermatch.org.

You just enter your zip code and an interest and they will give you the oppotunities in your area.

Answer 3

Try looking for your community on any of these web sites:

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.

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/

NetAid has programs specifically for high school students in North America who want to help in the developing world. NetAid is now a part of MeryCorps

http://www.netaid.org

TakingIT Global is another resource for young people in the USA who want to do something to affect the situation positively in developing countries

www.takingitglobal.org/