I am looking to volunteer online. Give me a trusted site that actually gives recommendations.?

Question

I am loking for a website where i am able to help from my computer chair. But after I am done with the project will they write me a recommendation saying i actually helped out, I am doing this for colleges. I need a detailed answer and your oppinion on the site you leave below. Thank you very much I hope you guys can help me out.

Answer 1

Individual organizations give recommendations, not third-party online databases of volunteering opportunities. So recommendations are something you are going to have to negotiate each time with different organizations, no matter what service you use to find volunteering opportunities.

The Online Volunteering service posts online volunteering opportunities from vetted organizations all over the world. The opportunities include research, web site design, database design, publication design, translations, moderating online discussion groups and strategic planning. I've listed the web address below in the source line.

You can also go to nonprofit organizations in your community and ask them if you could provide volunteer service for them online. You need to identify what it is you can do online -- what skills can you offer. Prepare a resume' that shows the skills you can do, and have this ready to show off.

Finding a volunteering opportunity is like finding a job -- you are going to have to knock on a lot of doors, make a lot of calls, and "sell" yourself as a good candidate, before you find an organization who wants to involve you as a volunteer. This is expecially true of online service.

Colleges aren't interested in large number of volunteering hours. They are interested in your own narrative that talks about WHY you volunteered and WHAT you did as a volunteer. And they are interested to see if any of your references are from organizations where you served as a volunteer. They want to see sincerity and commitment on your part, not numbers.

Answer 2

I've heard good things about VolunteerMatch:
http://www.volunteermatch.org/

The local Girl Scouts have used it with some success to recruit helpers.