1. Food Pantries/ Food banks
People flood in to volunteer their time serving food to the
homeless during holidays, but food pantries and soup kitchens are always in
need of a helping hand. You can help my organizing a local food drive, raising
money or handing out hot meals to those in need.
2. Your local animal shelter
Help out at your local animal shelter by volunteering to
walk the dogs, play with the cats or help with whatever they might need.
Keeping in mind that most of the animals in shelter are kept alone and outside
in concrete enclosures, you could also organize a drive to collect dog and cat
food, blankets, toys and beds (used or otherwise).
3. Virtual volunteering
Virtual volunteering is a relatively new phenomenon that
involves helping worthy organizations with things like graphic design, grant
writing, social media outreach, and marketing
4. Organize a neighborhood yard sale for charity
Everyone has stuff
laying around their homes and garages that they don't need or want.
Organize a neighborhood garage sale could not only help people finally clear
out their homes, but could benefit charity in a big way. You could either hold
a garage sale and donate all the money to a good cause, or skip the sale and
instead box everything up to be donated to homeless shelters, women's centers
or needy families. (Note: do NOT donate to Goodwill or Salvation Army!!)
5. Your local library
national free public library system is in a perpetual state
of crisis thanks to budget cuts. Organize a book drive or contact your local
library to see what kind of help they need!
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