Do you enjoy volunteering your time?

You know I have tried to volunteer my services a few times here in town, and it seems they just don't want any help. I went to the senior citizen center and said, "hey, I would love to volunteer my services, maybe deliver meals to the in-bound or even deliver some flyers for you" They made me wait almost 20 minutes before even acknowledging I was there. I volunteered once, and then they never called me back to volunteer again. I went to the animal shelter and would you believe, they didn't even have anything for me to do. We offered to walk their dogs, and we did that the one time we went there. I'd like to volunteer my time, but it just seems like there isn't any place here in town that wants or needs help. I would volunteer some time at a soup kitchen, but we don't even have one of those. Oh well...

I have been volunteering at the local center of culture, teenagers and sport. There is a basic computer usage lessons for elders and some challenged teenagers. I volunteer there as a helper to the guide and help each and everyone who needs help with the computer and the tasks he needs to do. We teach some Word, Excel, Power Point, files management, Internet, Email... I have good time volunteering there and some times I even give private lessons at homes ( for money most of the times). I also learn from that activity, I developed some connections and I even found a job from there. The center keeper is also a storage moderator and he needs my help as a storage keeper. I have been working with him for 3 weeks now. Without volunteering, I would probably keep looking for a job in computers even if I'm not qualified enough. I work only 7 hours a day, I can keep volunteering at the center and even give private lessons once in a while. I feel good with myself and I get appreciated.

I am retired now from teaching, but still active in social works, when ever i have time i organize blood donation camps etc. Thanks for this nice discussion.

i really love and the cause and concern is my top priority and i look a lot into it and value it before i can judge and help them,you are really lucky to do your daughter

I haven't done any volunteer work yet, but I'd love to do something, like packing those little love packages for kids in needs or tell tales to sick kids in the hospital. I can't go to a pet shelter, as I'm allergic to fur and feathers.

I would absolutely love to volunteer and to help others. Unfortunately, my schedule is a little hectic and I can't really divide my time in so many parts. There was one time when I was serciously thinking of volunteering but then I got a job and I quit the idea. I believe that vounteering gives you a nice feeling that derives from helping others and making oneself useful. There are a few people that would do this, in my knowledge, because it takes some time dedicated to this, and it is not paid. Of course we are not materialistic but we need money to survive, isn't it. I appreciate you for what you do. The good that you do will surely come back to you.

I don't have a lot of free time since I work long hours but I always make time to volunteer at my daughters school. They put on fundraising activities and I help out with those. I also chaperone their field trips.

I don't do any organised volunteering at the moment, although one could say that my life is one big exercise in volunteering as we accept visitors to live with us at the farm and want to learn more about permaculture and self reliance! I cook for them, organise them and try to teach them what they're looking for. Sometimes it makes me feel my life isn't my own, but if I can show just one person something that will change their life for the better then I feel I'll have succeeded. Before I made the decision to have the farm and lead a more conventional life I volunteered in the gardening part of a day centre for adults with learning disabilities, in a charity shop, at adult literacy lessons and with a charity working to combat loneliness in the elderly. All were rewarding in their own way, but the work I did with the elderly was the best for me. Since I've been limited in what I can do in person (I live a way from town and am really busy at home) I have tried various volunteering schemes where I could work online with administrative and organising, but none have worked out.

I am a voluntary language teacher for a family from Myanmar. The family lives in my country and they plan on staying here so they want to learn the Danish language. I visit them every week and I help their with their pronounciation, grammar and vocabulary. I have been their language teacher for one year, and I enjoy helping them. At the moment I only have have time for one type of voluntary work, but in the future I would like to get involved in other kinds of voluntary work. I would like to become one of those people who visit lonely people in their homes. I have thought about that for a long time and when I get more free time I want to get involved in that kind of voluntary work.

HI Dominique25, I also love to do volunteer works during my free time. I do not have a lot of money to give away to those who are in need so I make it a point to give them some of my time and attention. That way, I am able to fulfill my social responsibility as a part of a community and I feel happy doing it.

I think it is meaningful to help others, i would like to do volunteering work for the others, I can enrich my time and also make friends with others.

I do lots or volunteer in a particular organization. I do lectures for free and spend my time for 24 hours on call for any emergency situation. But now I'm here far from them but I actually trying to reach them out in sending message via facebook. Im excited to see them again this month.

During high school we had this program like National Honor Society or something like that and we would do so much volunteering there, everything from donating people food and money to giving gifts to homeless people during the holidays. It was a lot of fun helping people, animals and the environment. Unfortunately nowadays I no longer have enough time to volunteer but I still try to help as much as possible like buying food for someone who I know is hungry and donating money and goods.