Volunteer & Service Opportunities
Many times people think the best way to give back is to give a check. While monetary donations are always helpful, the personal approach has a lasting impression. The best way to give back is to give of yourself, believe us people do appreciate it. It is often the little things that make the biggest difference. Don’t know where to start, well we have put together a list and feel free to contact us if you have any opportunities in which you are in need of volunteers.
There are several websites that you can list your zip code and/or city and they will list opportunities in your area
Do Something - www.dosomething.org
Volunteer Match - www.volunteermatch.org
Idealist - www.idealist.org
ServeNet - www.servenet.org
Volunteers of American - www.voa.org
Network for Good - www.networkforgood.org
There are also National organizations with local chapters throughout the United States in which your organization can either partner with or obtain tools to implement programing in your community:
AARP - www.aarp.org
Habitat for Humanity - www.habitat.org
American Red Cross - www.redcross.org
Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service - www.mlkday.gov
World AIDS Day -http://www.worldaidscampaign.org
American Cancer Society - www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association - www.diabetes.org
The National Resource Center for Domestic Violence - http://www.nrcdv.org/dvam/
Eat Right (Nutritional Programming) - www.eatright.org
Breast Cancer Awareness Month - www.nbam.org
Sickle Cell Association - www.sicklecell.org
National Lupus Association - www.lupus.org
American Heart Association - www.americanheart.org
March of Dimes - www.marchofdimes.org
Investing in young people is critical if you do not already have programming in the area of youth development, you can either partner with the following organizations use these organizations to recruit members:
January 2011 is National Mentoring Month
