What are some places to volunteer at where there are college-age kids?

Question

I'm 21, looking to spend a day or so a week volunteering for anything. I haven't thought about what it should be, but I wanted to try and go to a place where other volunteers/employees (girls) would be around my age range. Any ideas?

I was thinking something church related or at the hospital.

Answer 1

You already have good ideas. Contact a church in your area, and see what they could recommend.   Anything "ProLife" would be good, too.   Check with a college close by and ask them for any ideas.  When I was in college, we had to have 180 hours of volunteer work to graduate, so they could direct you somewhere.  And, good for you for wanting to do something! :)

Answer 2

It's fine to use volunteering for social reasons, but you aren't going to make any friends in just a day or a week volunteering.

Organizations looking for volunteers post their needs here:

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.

Answer 3

Soup kitchens and nursing homes. good luck in your quest for community "service".