i am 16 years old and looking for a fairly simple yet rewarding project I could do. I need hours to graduate and I enjoy working with children, pets, or anything. If anyone has ANY ideas on good ways to volunteer or do like a project in a needy area please let me know. Thank you.
2007-01-26 13:32:57 · 10 answers · asked by Kacey 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Collect crayons, coloring books and stuffed animals. Gift them to your local children's hospital, church daycare, police department or Department of Human Services. The collected items can be used by the agencies to hand out to underprivileged and traumatized children.
Do you sew, knit or have another craft that you are good at? Make a blanket or outfit of clothing or book bag for children who are underprivileged. These items can be donated to local agencies working with underprivileged children.
Children in the foster care system move from home to home with their clothing in garbage bags. What about running a drive to collect suitcases and donate them to your local Department of Human Services?
Collect used books and magazines and take them to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, nursing homes, day cares, and other agencies working with underprivileged adults and/or children
2007-01-27 05:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Whatever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest that you work through your local volunteer center. There are many volunteer centers throughout the country that provide a connection to one-time, short-term, and long-term volunteer opportunities that match your needs and interests.
http://www.handsonnetwork.org/our-network/
http://pointsoflight.org/centers/find_center.cfm
Your volunteer center can also provide you with appropriate documentation that you may need for school as well. There are always a great variety of things to do, such as tutoring children, working with seniors, grooming pets at the animal shelter, and working with the environment.
Good luck!
2007-01-27 19:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Brent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try www.volunteermatch.org or www.faithinaction.org for local projects. Animal shelters always need people to walk the animals and help show them to visitors. Children's groups always need people to play with the kids. You can also do clean-up with a group in a needy area, like painting over graffitti or just taking away trash, or you can help clean up a park or a local waterway like a river.
2007-01-26 19:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you been to your local nursing home? There are many who live there and yet have no visitors. That gets awful lonely, especially when you have worked hard all your life and end up there. You could make their day brighter by spending some quality time with them. Get to know them, you will be surprised at what you learn. A great experience!!!! One you will never forget and yet will make a positive impacat on your life for years to come!!
2007-01-29 20:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by suzanne_sauls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not recognize the position you stay, or what your area is like, yet i recognize, that maximum cities or cities, desires help cleansing up an area, which consists of turn an empty grimy lot right into a nabourhood flower mattress, or backyard, portray someones domicile that would't affford to do it themselves, you could call the community newspaper and enable them recognize what your doing, and get free time interior the paper or on the radio on your project. position fliers out, or have a pupil out of your college take image's of what your doing and position in newspaper.
2016-10-16 04:01:22 · answer #5 · answered by garfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice of you! soup kitchens cooking or serving. volunteering in a museum taking people on tours, helping to clean in parks, spending time w/seniors in nursing homes, helping at the spca, dog walking or tutoring children, baby sitting, helping a senior citizen shop or read the newspaper or something to them. all i can think of right now. best to you!
2007-01-26 13:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by AlwaysWondering 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This article talks about some of the places that rely on volunteers like yourself. Maybe it will give you some ideas:
http://www.helium.com/tm/141022
2007-01-29 08:16:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
help out with the special Olympic they always need people. and the be good volunteer. i am athlete
2007-01-26 19:16:25 · answer #8 · answered by mousefanjenn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read to children -- at schools, daycares, hospitals, shelters...anywhere.
2007-01-30 12:15:10 · answer #9 · answered by KAT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
old people daycare center is a good place to learn.... about helping other and life.
peace
2007-01-30 07:44:15 · answer #10 · answered by Motheartist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋