I love volunteering and need to get back into it. However, I work and am in school fulltime, so I don't have a ton of freetime. I usually volunteer at old age homes (I have a therapy dog) or our zoo which are not the best places for me to meet people my own age. I am 30 and single and would love to find a way to combine my love of volunteering with socializing because I don't have time for both. I love animals and kids. Any ideas for orgs that have a higher percentage of people my age in Michigan (Detroit area)?
2007-08-12 09:59:48 · 10 answers · asked by jls5175 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Try the JayCees, I had a blast with them
2007-08-12 10:04:53 · answer #1 · answered by sweetsum691 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could be a 4-H leader :)
4-H is a kids club for ages 6-18; used to be primarily agriculture & home ec based but now offers all sorts of classes for country & city kids alike.
As leader of your club, you can pick & choose the type of classes you might want to lead ~ typically, most clubs only ado 2 or 3 projects in a year, with each project lasting between 1-2 months. Some of the courses do teach animal showmanship; but there's also units in which a child simply learns about dogs, cats, poultry, cattle and more. Aside from the animal classes, there's pre-Vet, and ecology & range management in which you do study animal habitats.
4-H is very sociable; kids and parents alike get involved, along with extended family members....and clubs often get together for community projects. At fair time, everyone is involved with the fair!
Most of the 4 H leaders and family members I know range in age from 30-50 ~ it's a great way to work with both kids and animals and meet lots of people.
I'm sending you the national 4-H link so you can read more about it :)
2007-08-12 14:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanbug 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try volunteering for the animal shelter, there is usually a somewhat wide variety of ages there. Or perhaps if your community is having a walk-a-thon type thing for a local cause try to participate in that, you'll be helping a cause, burning those calories and have a good chance at meeting some new people there.
Good luck and I admire your volunteering efforts!
2007-08-12 10:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by Aj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great volunteer site is Meals on Wheels altho you won't meet many people your age. However, some of your recipients may be younger.....we have a few that are 30 or 49 something but live alone and have MS, MD or some other illness that prevents them from going out on their own.
I;m in Macomb County and that's who we go thru so you may want to check under Wayne County and see what's available.
Good luck to you - volunteering is hard at times but is so rewarding.
2007-08-12 12:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by chicubs58 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're in college try the Bonner program. They help pay for your school and you're required to do some community service over the course of your summer...and you get paid too! Depending on what you're studying you could volunteer with a local political candidate. Most folks who are working a campaign are between the ages of 23 and 55 and you're bound to meet folks your age at a rally or a power hour.
2007-08-12 10:06:27 · answer #5 · answered by hermesthricegreatest 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have found working with "literacy councils" is very rewarding in terms of meeting a wide berth of folks... there are those wanting help, those managing the programs, contributors, board members, and the volunteer service providers. The areas of service is broad as well... working with "after school programs", "workplace literacy" "english as a second language", "computer literacy", "family literacy", "financial literacy", "environmental literacy", "health literacy" and MORE. You can contact a local library to help you get in touch with the organizations in your area.
2007-08-12 15:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by wonderful1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Zoo. I am from Toledo (about an hour from detroit), and I volunteer at our zoo. Its kinda lame but you get your hours in and you also meet people.
2007-08-12 10:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by Jess ╗╙ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a professional dog trainer for over 16 years, I have to tell you my strong opinion that you need these group classes for obedience training. http://OnlineDogTraining.enle.info/?1Nh1
Other pet warehouses are there to get you to buy their products and hang around their strore. And their trainers are their employees...never forget they have an agenda. Most of the trainers have very little education--if they had actual training and skills they wouldn't be there making just over minimum wage--trust me on this. But even if they did have experience and talent...a group setting is a terrible place for learning to take place. It's distraction training and it is the LAST phase of training not the first. You wouldn't have your child try to do their homework in a toy store, would you? Of course not...the level of distraction would be too high! It's the same with dogs. Having said that, these classes can be an excellent way to socialize dogs...but not to train them. And while they appear to be cheaper than a professional trainer...you have to attend many more sessions to get the same results because of the poor learning environment--so you wind up spending MORE money for less training than you would with a professional. Save your money and go to someone who actually knows how to train dogs. OR, read books and try to train your dog yourself. There is nothing they train at a Petsmart or Petco that you can't do yourself with a couple of hours of reading.
2017-02-15 07:57:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can meet ppl at school sign up into something at shool like a club of some sort....or you can create your own club
2007-08-12 10:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by itachilover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zoos, spca, pounds... you can set up single pet owner mixers to generate adoptions....
2007-08-12 11:00:17 · answer #10 · answered by nataliexoxo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋