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I am a cyber school student as of this year, and I would like to volunteer from home. Where do I start, and which organization should I choose? Anyone have any advise?

VolunteerMatch posts some "virtual" opportunities, but many are mislabeled as "virtual" when, in fact, you have to be onsite for them. Read through them carefully before applying.

Idealist also lists some virtual opportunities; do a keyword search on the words virtual or online.

The UN’s Online Volunteering service lists online volunteering opportunities:
http://www.onlinevolunteering.org

One thing to keep in mind: all of these online opportunities require expertise. You need to be able to do something that requires a skill: designing a slide show presentation, designing a database, translating a document, doing online research, writing an article, etc.

You can also look into being a proofreader for Project Gutenberg
http://www.pgdp.net/

Or producing an audio book for LibraVox
http://librivox.org/

I Want To Do Some volunteering online.Like A Chat Room Or Something.Im Am Currently Recovering From Cancer & Just Want Something To Do.Please Help! x

Please consider this volunteer opportunity…

e-Buddies is an e-mail pen pal program that pairs persons with an intellectual disability in a one-to-one e-mail friendship with a peer volunteer who does not have an intellectual disability.

e-Buddies is a Best Buddies International program. Best Buddies is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

I am looking to do some volunteer service for a non-profit online. Is there any websites that are available for this?

Yes, there is online volunteering! There are thousands of organizations that involve online volunteers. These volunteers are:
- translating documents
- researching subjects
- creating web pages
- editing or writing proposals, press releases, newsletter articles, etc.
- developing material for a curriculum
- designing a database
- designing graphics
- providing legal, business, medical, agricultural or any other expertise
- counseling people
- tutoring or mentoring students
- moderating online discussion groups
- creating podcasts
- editing videos
- monitoring the news
- answering questions
- tagging photos and files
- managing blogs, Facebook accounts and other social media sites
- managing other online volunteers

Note that for most of these jobs, you need to already have expertise — you can’t translate text from English into Spanish unless you are fluent in both languages, you can’t design web sites unless you have already done so and have a portfolio to prove your skills, etc.

You can find online volunteering opportunities at VolunteerMatch, http://www.volunteermatch.org (however, note that many opportunities are mislabeled as "virtual" when, in fact, you have to be onsite to do the task) and Idealist, http://www.idealist.org (keyword search: virtual). You can also try the UN’s Online Volunteering servce, http://www.onlinevolunteering.org, though note that most of these opportunities require an area of expertise. You can also try Project Gutenberg, where online volunteers transcribe books with expired copyrights.

I would like to know some Volunteering organizations/opportunities such as the Red Cross which have online registration and orientation. Basically, I want to know organizations with the whole applying process being done online in New York. Any help?

Thank you.

The American Red Cross in Greater New York has just switched to doing everything online.

That said, any organization that puts volunteers in contact with the public is going to want to have a face-to-face interview with potential new volunteers. The organization’s reputation is on the line every time a volunteer represents it, so of course there is some real-time vetting.

It is a good ideal. Also add that to your resume as well with information of duties or you accomplished while you volunteered.

I’m stuck on some mobility issues but I still need to volunteer for experience and whatnot. Are there any online volunteering opportunities? Doesn’t matter what kind as long as a high schooler can qualify for it.

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

great site

i just applied for being an online translator. i heard colleges like volunteering, will this count also? even if it is online?

That just depends on your college. Unless you’re applying to a very prestigious school or a top ranked school I wouldn’t worry about that at all. Only things that matter are your grades,Sats,GPA,and your organizations.Toped ranked schools do care about volunteering as well as other things,but I’m sure it wouldn’t matter if it’s online or not.Just about everything is being done online now.As long as you can show the proof,then it will count.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction offers many volunteer opportunities and the volunteers provide their services for a variety of different reasons and come from diverse backgrounds.
If you’d like to volunteer in the Massachusetts Department of Correction, please call Director Bill Milhomme at 508-422-3437.

About volunteering:
Currently there are 1,476 certified, active permanent volunteers throughout the 18 correctional facilities. There are 768 male volunteers and 708 female volunteers representing 52% and 48% respectively. The largest racial/ethnic group is White (64.6%), followed by Hispanic (25%) and Black (9.1%).

There are 926 faith-based volunteers and 550 non faith-based volunteers. The largest group of faith-based volunteers providing religious services and programs identify themselves as Protestant, followed by Catholic, Christian Science, Buddhist, Quaker, Native American, Muslim, Jewish, and Wiccan.

The non faith-based volunteers are typically involved in the facilitation of life-skills and self-help programs, including Cognitive Skills, Alternatives to Violence, Emotional Awareness (Houses of Healing), Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Book Discussion, Toastmasters, Parenting, Creative Writing, GED Tutors, and the N.E.A.D.S. Puppy Program.

The majority of volunteers are being recruited through Internet websites such as the Massachusetts Service Alliance and the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Board, as well as several volunteer online newsletters. Additionally, the Department has a volunteer electronic mail contact list with 1,080 subscribers.

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NBC’s Pat Brown describes the three mass market events of the Pacific South Coast Chapter, National MS Society. Corporations get involved through team participation, sponsorship or volunteering – to benefit their employee morale, public perception of their company and more.

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/CAS/fundraising/index.aspx

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I have done some online volunteering through the UN volunteers website , translating from english to Spanish and such for certain organizations and i was wondering if it is ok to mention it on a resume ? will they take it seriously?

Yes put it down especially if those are skills for the new job.