volunteer in my community

I just finished my first to volunteering events ever!! I loved every min of it. I helped with a organized relay for national medical association relay run with a health festival and a Back to School Drive. so great!

On the 26 th I start my first volunteer project.. I’m helping pass out school supplies for inner city children for back to school. It will be my first time volunteering and I know it will be well worth it ..Not just helping people but meeting new people while a volunteer will be great..

These days it’s all about organizing the village’s Hannukah festival with lots of traditional activities for both children and adults. It’s fun. More fun than the political-type volunteering ;)

Today I was selected as a member of a twin-cities steering committee. Mostly cultural initiatives and creating bonds between the local community and other people around the world. I think it will be interesting.

A plan to build an industrial zone in the region is what concerns me these days, and is the focus of my volunteer work. I’m basically deveoting all of my time to green causes now. On the one hand, it’s important work, on the other, I want to make time to other things as well (like organizing food drives, or working with children, or contributing something to the local library).

I am volunteering at the Ten Thousand Villages of Austin. I begin on the 15th of this month, April.

The current work is about environmental concerns, preserving the local biological diversity and balancing between human needs and nature. It’s interesting, but also difficult. A lot of people have commercial interest that clashes with preserving natural resources. Lots of political games, lots of pressure. The main thing, though, at least for me, is to be involved in the process, and to be able to make a difference, and work with other people who care.

Was elected a member of the regional council a couple of weeks ago. Things are definitely becoming serious in the volunteering/activism front for me. I’ll be mostly responsible for cultural events, heritage activities, and providing online information for the community. It will be interesting and rewarding, I’m sure. However, I should probably add a “get enough sleep” goal to my 43 things. Lots of time and lots of energy is involved in this.

Volunteering to build a website for the village. Also volunteering to establish a local history museum.

Was elected by the local village council to establish and run a local heritage museum. May also have to build a local website. Ooooh.