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Last summer I volunteered at least once a week for a whole day at an animal shelter (mainly because my fiancee worked there). I had no job at the time so it was a welcome break from getting out of the house. I volunteer a lot around campus, but it isn’t true volunteer work. I need to get back to that. Maybe not as much as I used to, but at least more than I currently am.



Ash~ sing freely here comes the sun!

Reaching (out) 2 weeks ago

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I love to volunteer.
In a special-needs school, Humane Society, soup kitchen, Habitat for Humanity house, or just by donating a few dollars to the ASPCA, whatever it may be, I feel so awake and fresh with myself when I’m through. I even volunteered to help recycle pop cans back in high school for an organization I wasn’t even a part of. I’d love to even develop a non-profit myself someday, although that might take years to develop.

I’m marking this off for now, but I’ll definitely continue to pursue this for as long as I’m able.



jenische is cleaning the house...ugh

Guilty 2 weeks ago

I volunteer quite a lot but I heard about this youth program that the red cross was having in the summer and I decided to join. I RSVPed and everything but when the date came I totaly SPACED. I missed the orientation completely! I felt SO Bad. I’m going to write a letter of apology and reschedule.



sodamnlucky19 is going to be an aunt again!!!

Untitled 3 weeks ago

I’m going to set up a shoe drive this coming fall for these guys



molllyjones finds 43things addictive; just wish i'd done this 20 yrs ago

Saturday 3 weeks ago

I’m a volunteer judge for the Summer Reading Program Talent Show . . . this should be interesting.



one 3 weeks ago

i don’t really know what is entitled in the “more”, but i figure once i have a regular schedule and feel those WARM FUZZIES that all community service advocates relate, i’ll have completed this.

that being said, i’m participating in a car wash for an animal rescue foundation on saturday.



06/07/2009 3 weeks ago

I am volunteering to play board games with senior on 20th of this month



sweet vv is ready to change her world

i got an idea 4 weeks ago

to help a volunteering project by doing what i do best: design. so i would dedicate part of my time doing folders, banners, poster, invitations and websites for institutions. i just need to organize myself better so i don’t get all messed up.



Tink is pleased with her progress.

I've made a couple of significant moves toward this goal since I last updated 1 month ago

Through a professional colleague, I learned about a terrific workshop called Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions. The course, which originated at Stanford University, is now offered at no charge in locations all over North America.

At first I was interested in taking the course, but my colleague pointed out that, like her, I’m well-suited to become one of the course’s peer co-leaders. Everyone who leads the course either has personal experience living with a chronic condition (my colleague has muscular dystrophy, and her co-leader has multiple sclerosis) or is a caregiver for someone who does. My colleague gets enormous satisfaction from her stints co-leading this workshop. Turns out that an old friend with rheumatoid arthritis also teaches it, and has had a similarly positive experience.

So in March, I applied for and was accepted into the brief leader-training course. I’ve now completed that training, and at some point in the next few months, I expect to be assigned to co-lead my first group. This seems to be a perfect fit: it uses a skill set (leading groups) that’s a strength of mine, and it makes good use of all those years of struggling with Crohn’s disease.

I still plan to sign up for the next Volunteer Visitor training through the local Ostomy Association chapter, as well.

Because neither of those commitments is likely to require more than sporadic/occasional involvement, I’m continuing to explore other volunteer work. I have neighbours who are involved in each of the following, and are encouraging me to consider joining them:
  • assisting in the library for a mental-health facility
  • accompanying residents of a local AIDS hospice on appointments and other outings (he once got to take a fellow shopping at IKEA!)
  • providing community meals and free ESL tutoring at a local drop-in centre
  • tutoring adults in literacy at the public library
  • answering calls for a distress line

One of those organizations will probably turn out to have a volunteer position that both suits me and feels personally meaningful. Right now, I’m leaning toward choosing an activity that won’t involve teaching, just for variety. I loved my one-day stint with Habitat for Humanity last summer, so that’s another option.

I won’t mark this goal done until I’ve actually started at least one of these volunteer activities.



Do something good for the community 1 month ago

I just got back from a leadership camp and was amazed and how much the other leaders had done with their lives. Some were big brother/big sisters, some volunteered with the mentally disabled, some volunteered with animals and others travelled to help people in third world countries. I am now motivated to make a difference and I plan to start by working at my local humane society. I want to be a Big Sister one day too, but it is a 18 month minumum commitment and since I am away at school 8 months and home for 4 months I can’t be in one place to be with my little sister. Once I am done school or get a car I plan to get involved with this though.



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