How Can I help?

How Can I Help?

Service is not always about direct action—it can be providing free professional, creative and organizational services which can have an equally profound effect on the programs and causes that need your help. Basically, when you engage in an unpaid activity intended to benefit others, that is service.

Here are just a few examples of activities…

Community

Mentoring
Activity Days for Underserved Children
CarFit Event
Safety Checks for those Aging in Place

Education

Academic Tutoring
Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Literacy Organizations
Parent education event

Environmental

Neighborhood Clean-ups
Playground Repairs
Sustainability through Recycling, Creating Gardens, & Starting Composting

Health

Donating Blood
Fundraising Walks
Companionship (To a person with Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, MS, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s, and other conditions that limit community participation)

Human Rights

Domestic Violence Centers
Rape Crisis Centers
Children’s Organizations
Displaced Persons or Refugee Services
Disaster Relief or preparedness
Homeless Shelters
Food Banks
Food and Clothing Drives

Spiritual/Religious

Mentoring for Youth Organizations
Volunteering in your House of Worship
Determining ways for those with Disabilities to Access their Places of Worship