Volunteering with Children

Have you thought about the red cross? I have mentioned it on a different discussion as a way to help with what you are looking for and they are very open minded so your child having adhd would not be a problem and plus it's a great way to network and find other places and meet people and learn stuff.

I used to volunteer in a Nursing Home and sometimes the staff would bring their children in on special celebration days or just when they had a day off from school and I saw some very nice connections between young children and the residents in the nursing home, I think it is wise though to sit down with the children before and explain all about what they will see, I think they can learn compassion and I might add seeing children especially ones that will talk to them really makes the residents day, it takes them back to their days with their children... remembering a lot of people in Nursing Homes don't get many visitors....your kids could make a big difference to some old lonely people. Animals can do the same thing, I started out by taking pet rabbits around for the residents to pat, I actually saw an old lady who hadn't spoken for years actually speak when I put the rabbit on het lap, her husband a lovely Italian man broke down and cried and started screaming "she spoke, she spoke"....it can be very rewarding.

Does she have any toys that she no longer plays with, or clothes that she can no longer wear? Unless you want to save them for the younger sister, you could have her help you to box those up and take them in for donation to a local charity. That would be her own donation to someone in need. Because of the ADHD, it might be difficult for her to do some of the volunteer work that other children her age might be able to do. I know I had to take my youngest boy to the nursery of the church at times because of his ADHD. It isn't easy to keep them still and quiet even at that age when they have ADHD.