I want to help out with a charity in the Cincinnati area. Any advice?

Question

I am 21 and I want to help out with a charity in the month December in Cincinnati, OH. The problem is, I don't really know where to look to find one. I would like to do something with people around my age, but I'm not sure how to go about finding something.

Answer 1

check out the churches in your area and ask about
young adult/youth groups
there are several soup kitchen /homeless shelters
that will take all the free help they can get

Answer 2

Peaslee Neighborhood Center needs volunteers to help neighborhood children with a planting/gardening project this December.
Contact: [e-mail] or [phone]


Our Daily Bread
1730 Race Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
[phone]
www.ourdailybread.us
Contact: Kathy Ray or Joan Thompson, Volunteer Coordinators at [phone]
They have a need for volunteers to help prepare and serve meals to homeless families.

Answer 3

VolunteerMatch (http://www.volunteermatch.org), Idealist (http://www.idealist.org) and CraigsList (http://www.craigslist.com) all list volunteering opportunities with thousands of organizations. These are great places to look for volunteering opportunities.

Volunteering during the holidays can be very difficult, because organizations are overwhelmed with requests from people wanting to do such at this time of year -- there often aren't enough opportunities to go around. Before you contact any organization, you need to have identified the skills you want to offer, identified how often you could volunteer and what time of day you can volunteer, and worked out any transporation issues. Then start applying for appropriate opportunities. Remember that finding a volunteering opportunity is a lot like finding a job -- you have to present yourself very well, and you have to contact many organizations before you are ultimately chosen.