I want to join a volunteer group…Is there any online volunteer group that you can recommend?
Hi.. I am looking for any online or outdoor community/organization that does social work and community service…Can anyone help me or give me a site or anything that could help me… Please tell me if you know any organization or volunteer groups…
Thanks…
Good for you for wanting to give back to your community!
You can start by contacting your local volunteer center – they should be able to help you find a place that best matches your interests, talents and schedule. You should be able to find them in the phone book.
If you can’t find your local volunteer center, you can check out the Corporation for National Community Service’s website at http:/www.cns.gov
You may also contact the Points of Light Foundation at http://www.pointsoflight.org
You may also check VolunteerMatch at http://www.volunteermatch.org
Lastly, I would recommend Volunteer Solutions (a United Way site) at http://www.volunteersolutions.org
Good luck! I hope you find something you enjoy!
What are some unique gift bag ideas for new volunteers?
I’m hosting a volunteer training and wanted to give out gift bags to my new volunteers? I want it to be nice, not cheesy? What are some unique ideas to show my appreciation for their time and effort?
I work for a hospice. Most of my volunteers will be helping with the socialization of our patients.
Well, I could give more specific ideas if you shared a bit about your organization, the type of volunteers you have, what kind of hours/commitment they’ve contributed (or will).
I’ve found that volunteer appreciation presents that were most loved were ones from my heart. I’ve made sea star (replicas) tree ornaments (for museum tour guides). I’ve made crystal light catchers for church volunteers. I’ve done seed embedded paper for natural history museum volunteers.
It’s fun to reflect the organization; afterall they must be choosing that organization for a reason. Mostly it’s about the heart space with which anything is given.
Good Luck!!!
ANSWER ADDENDUM: Well, hospice work though rewarding is tough. There might be a lovely gift that could help them with the actual volunteering position as well. Something like a journal or a book to collect memories of people who they’ve made connections with. I’m not certain of the level of contact they’ll have with those who may be making their transitions soon but it could be helpful.
One to work on creating for the furture is to gather snapshots of your volunteers/clients and make a calendar.
Something with a sense of humor is great too. Hospice work can be so heavy!!!
Music would be great too.
A book on grief.
A handwritten card is always appreciated!
Just a couple off the top of my head. Again, good luck and thank you for your service!
Am I old enough to volunteer at an animal shelter or rescue center? And how would I volunteer?
I have no life, so Im looking for something to do, maybe once or twice a week. And I absolutely love animals… So I want to volunteer at an animal shelter, but I dont know if I’m old enough. I am thirteen and I am pretty responsible… But If I can volunteer, what are the chances an animal shelter would want me?
Yes you are just go and talk to them. If you are under a certain age your parents may have to sign a form saying that they are allowing you do help out there. Animal shelters love to have volinteers!!
Should I volunteer at science center?
Should I volunteer over at the science center? I’m at community college and I don’t think its going to benefits my applications. I don’t have any friends and all I do is school and home. Should I do it or is it waste of my time?
I think its a great idea! You will be helping out the center and also getting out in the public and meeting new people. Go for it and have fun!
How to I volunteer online as a chat room monitor (pref. kids chat room)?
I’m a teenager in need of volunteer hours, and I’d like to volunteer as a chat room monitor online. Preferably in a kids chat room.
Where can I do this? Any kids’ online community that appreciate volunteer monitors?
The only ones I can find, you have to be 18+.
email the chat room
What organizations need volunteers to provide earthquake aid in Haiti?
I am interested in going to Haiti to help. What organizations need volunteers? Does anyone have resources? Everything I’ve seen is asking for funds, but I have time, energy, and skill to donate.
Thanks in advance.
I helped with money that population. There is a link of the organizations here
http://moneyandwinners.blogspot.com/2010/01/help-haiti-victims-earthquake.html
where you can send money or you can contact them to be active with your personal physical help.
Fundraising for a non profit animal adoption center that is in a small but rich community?
I volunteer at an animal adoption center in jackson wy and I need fundraising ideas because we are poor as hell! We are fairly successful adopting out dogs and cats and rodents, but we adopt them out about half the price of money that we actually put work into them. Recently I did a study on the place and raised 500 dollars and that was gone in two seconds for them! They need help… PLZ respond!
• auctions (silent or live, although live brings in more money. if you start about 9 mos in advance you can get many many celebrities to donate items if you write them a nice letter explaining what it’s for. get a hall to donate a place, have hors d’oeuvres & drinks, charge admission. this is our shelter’s main fundraiser each year and it brings in about $50,000. it’s a lot of work from MANY dedicated people and takes almost a whole year to prepare for, but it is worth it.)
• walk-a-thons (with prizes for the one who brings in the most money raised, youngest walker, oldest walker, etc…games & entertainment also helps draw people in when they’re done walking.)
• pet photo contests (works really well if you have a website too)
• get a restaurant to donate proceeds from an evening’s profits
• host a comedy night with local comedians & charge admission
• place small money boxes around town in local businesses for collecting change
• dog bathing day – charge $5 to bath peoples’ dogs in the adoption center’s yard in small kiddie pools
• host a low-cost rabies vaccine clinic & charge $15 per shot. buy vaccines thru a local vet & ask vets in the area to donate time to come administer the shots to paying customers. (the shots cost only about 1/2 of that so you’d still make money off each one given. most vets will buy the left over vaccines from you afterwards.)
• have a yard sale with items people donate. it’s a lot of work, but it makes a ton of money with little cost to the center.
• print flyers and distribute around neighbourhoods that you’ll be in their area on a certain date to collect any pop cans they’d like to donate. do it in small batches and give people a week’s notice and you can pick up a lot of money thru that too. ask a grocer to waive the limit for the center that day on the maximum you can bring in to redeem thru them.
make sure that any event which involves live animals has release forms signed by anyone participating in it. no use raising money if someone sues you because their improperly restrained dog was injured at a dog walk-a-thon you held.
there are many things you can do to raise money. some are easy and some require a lot of work and commitment. all are helpful. good luck with whatever you do!
What kind of questions are you asked when you want to volunteer at a community center???
how old are you, have you ever done community service anywhere else, your personal information, your phone, and stuff
Online volunteering: do it in your own time
The great thing about being an askTheSite Online Peer Advisor is that you can do it from anywhere – so long as you have an internet connection. Andy explains how flexible it is to volunteer as an Online Peer Advisor even though he lives and works in Sheffield.
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Volunteer Celebration
A group of artists perform a musical to celebrate volunteerism in the church. Part of a weekend service at Granger Community Church during the Get In The Game series.
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