Did you know that the estimated
dollar value of volunteer time is $20.25 and that if each of America’s
estimated 155 million men and women volunteers gave only one hour to a great
cause on Labor Day, they would be donating the equivalent of $3.14 billion to
that cause? (huffingtonpost.com link
below)
Be a part of it!
Collect and distribute clothes at a local homeless shelter
Help prepare and/or distribute meals at a local food bank
Read a favorite poem or book to a nursing home resident
Invite a vet and his/her family to your Labor Day
celebration
Donate at a local blood bank
Help a friend conduct a job search
Volunteer your services at a local charity event
Contact a local disaster relief organization and help out
where needed
Read a newspaper or book to a visually impaired neighbor
Plant flowers, shrubs or trees in your neighborhood
Run or walk in a charity race
Visit a rehabilitation center. Volunteer to help.
Collect used paperbacks and novels to donate to libraries,
shelters, and schools.
Set up an online tutoring program with a local school
district
Lend a hand at the office of a local environmental group
Walk a dog at a local animal shelter
Bring toys to a children’s ward at a local hospital
Take photos at a local charitable event and donate the
pictures to the sponsoring organization.
SOURCES
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../volunteerism-_b_3824...
https://www.justgive.org/donations/ideas-for-volunteering.jsp
www.volunteermatch.org/
createthegood.org/
www.allforgood.org/
www.volunteennation.org/
www.onbehalf.org/Donations
www.blueventures.org/Vounteer
www.svboston.org/
www.kidsmatterinc.org/volunteer
www.volunteermatch.org/
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