What do you do to "pitch in" and help carry the load of American society?

Question

Something not mandated by law but, instead, done out of a sense of public service.

Answer 1

We do the following:
1. Volunteer for and donate to TAPS - Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (a non-profit that helps those who have lost a loved one in active duty military service)
2. Volunteer for and donate to Military Order of the Purple Heart
3. Donate clothing and toys to our local hospital thrift store
4. Visit wounded soldiers at Walter Reid Medical Center
5. I am a troop leader for my daughter's Daisy Troop (Girl Scouts for kindergarten and first graders).
6. We campaign for candidates we like, and we always vote

Answer 2

I have served in the Army for 20+ years and plan on doing another 10 years so that all the sniveling, bleeding heart, liberals can continue to whine about all that is wrong with this country and protest those like me that protect their freedom to do so.

I vote and encourage others to do the same. I educate those that don't know the whole story on candidates so that they can make an informed vote.

I pay my taxes and my bills. I take responsibility for my actions and decisions and don't look to bankruptcy, or government programs to bail me out.

I have also been a Scoutmaster and taught kids how to better themselves so that they will be leaders in society and not a a recipient of some government "entitlement" or program.

Answer 3

Aside from 3 years in the military and 21 years as a Police Officer I'm also a Shriner (World's Greatest Philanthropy) and when I was a kid, I volunteered at my local VA hospital during Summer vacation.

Answer 4

Help with scouting, serve food to homeless people at a nearby shelter, being responsible by putting trash where it belongs, recycling, voting, work as a volunteer docent in a museum one day a month, tutor poor kids to improve their reading skills.

Answer 5

Vote, do community service, help out younger children that are at a disadvantage, help the elderly, volunteer. Do some public speaking.

Answer 6

Vote, work with kids through Big Brothers Big Sisters, Volunteer at church, Donate to Goodwill, and so much more

Answer 7

Teach my children to be tolerant of others and responsible for thier own actions.

Funny how this one small thing could be considered a public service, but in these times it is.

Answer 8

I'm a Longterm Care Ombudsman. :o)

A graduate of my city's Citizen's Police Academy. :o)

An occasional volunteer on Christmas/Thanksgiving to the homeless shelter. :o)

I sell nothing. :o)

I donate everything. :o)

Answer 9

You mean like my 20+ years of military service, never having been a ward of the state, never having accepted or asked for welfare, paying my fair share of taxes, and not breaking the law?

Answer 10

Volunteer work