Do you volunteer?

That is cool. I do a couple different volunteer activities. I am a guinea pig foster parent for the local guinea pig rescue. I also do photos for them, sometimes volunteer at events, and help out with other things as I can. Once a week I volunteer at a marine mammal rehab center and help care for sick and injured elephant seals, sea lions, and other pinnepeds until they can be released back into the wild.

I volunteer my time and skills to Gawad Kalinga, a Philippine-based anti-poverty advocacy program. I help build and paint houses for the homeless, and teach English to kids. I also spend my birthdays with the kids in the village so they get to partake of good food once in a while.

I just do things in the church, mostly. I give blood, as well. Other than that, not a lot of volunteering, but I do applaud you for your Family Values day. It is great. The local Christian School volunteered at Day Services for my agency one or two days this week. They did crafts with clients,and played games, painted nails, etc. Good for all involved.

I used to volunteer a lot. I would go to soup kitchens and work, I worked at a place that gave out food and clothing. It was very rewarding , but since I have a baby and he is now 2 it is hard for me to do anything like that. but the second i can i will. I wish i could this holiday season, that is the best time to volunteer. takign gifts to kids and stuff. we gave out thanksgiving dinners one year.

i used to volunteer at my children's school when they were younger and i really enjoyed doing it. i have volunteered both in the kindergarten room when my daughter was in kindergarten and then in the library as a shelf reader for about 5 years.

Over the years I have volunteered in schools with children that needed an extra hand at getting the basics. This was very rewarding when they moved on to higher levels in school because of my help. Some of them still say Hi when they see me out and about. I have volunteered on commitees for youth development, but this was not so great for most of the people who were also on the commitee seemed to have the own agenda that centered around their own children, not the group as a whole that I and a few others concentrated on. Some of these parents I know longer talk to. But to me the most rewarding to date is the work on a road board, again volunteer, that fixes the roads in the area where I live. I just keep an eye open for problem areas which gets me outdoors, attend meetings to discuss what needs to be done to repair problems, and see the results.

I'm a member of the Kinette Club locally. We put on the local craft/hobby fair each year, carol festival, skate-a-thon, we participate in telemiracle (both raise $$ for donations and work at the production on the day of), We also do the local seniors supper every year and a variety of other things through out each year (these other things vary year to year) I think volunteering is a good thing - it helps others and it gets me out of the house.

Volunteering is a good thing. I volunteer at a hospital. It's mostly legwork. I volunteer as a messenger. I go floor to floor picking up records, lab reports,etc. and deliver them to the proper offices and mailboxes. I do this once a week. Most of the volunteers are seniors. They have more pep and enthusiasm than the younger employees. It makes me feel good to help people.