Random Poll: What do you do to Volunteer?

[Beauty Mark]

There are many avenues you can take, depending on what kind of involvement you want. Fundraising is basically anything legal goes. For helping people one on one, there's Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Best Buddies, visiting patients, errand running for those cannot.

Some places are really awful about volunteers. I was once visiting two elderly women at a nursing home. They never would tell me when the one was out visiting (and I could never get ahold of them on the phone.) Because I didn't have a car, I had to walk a little over a mile one way to do this volunteer work, and I sometimes walked in bad winter weather. The final straw was when I arrived at the nursing home, and I had to search for a nurse to tell me the one woman had died

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[Wattage]

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Originally Posted by Beauty Mark There are many avenues you can take, depending on what kind of involvement you want. Fundraising is basically anything legal goes. For helping people one on one, there's Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Best Buddies, visiting patients, errand running for those cannot. Some places are really awful about volunteers. I was once visiting two elderly women at a nursing home. They never would tell me when the one was out visiting (and I could never get ahold of them on the phone.) Because I didn't have a car, I had to walk a little over a mile one way to do this volunteer work, and I sometimes walked in bad winter weather. The final straw was when I arrived at the nursing home, and I had to search for a nurse to tell me the one woman had died .

I agree... I have volunteered at some places that are so horrible to their volunteers. I don't get it.

 

[aquarius11]

I volunteer at a local shelter for homeless women and children. I have a variety of tasks that I do there, including: preparing meals, teaching life-skills classes for the women so they can get back on their feet, light office work, story-telling to the children and I bring my dog so the kids can play with her in the fenced yard they have there. I also purchase female and sanitary products for the women when the money allows. I also volunteer at my local Humane Educational Society. I help place abandoned pets in new homes! We even take in abandoned horses, bunnies, reptiles, etc. It's a rewarding way of life, and I'm very fortunate that I have this opportunity to volunteer my time.