volunteering....

There are many different things a person can do to help out and stay out there in your community to make the town/city/state/country a better place...

I always want to try and volunteer in town or locally to help out with:
town beautification projects,
 helping take meals to old people who have no one to care for them(they do this in the local small communities here)
help at clothing drives,
pet shelters and homeless shelters---always need volunteers!,

I like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army they always help people and need volunteers.

I know that when there have been tornados or severe storms there are always volunteers needed to help clean up the debris and plant trees sometimes..that's always a good thing to help with as well...

just anything that they need volunteers at and there's always something that needs to be tended to that needs volunteers!

You can meet all kinds of new people, make friends, and get to learn more about your surrounding community/city/state you live in....usually there are always some nice/kind people who want to make a good difference in the world who are volunteering I think so anyway....it takes a very special person to volunteer or be there when someone needs help...it's the right thing to do.

with Summer approaching I  think it's a great thing to be volunteering and getting out there making a good difference in the world...It keeps you active and you have something to focus on and be working at...because everybody knows that it can get very boring in the hot summer days....

cooling fan drives:
they always need people to help deliver and donate cooling oscillating fans to the poor in the summer time...that's something I have helped with before...they appreciate the oscillating or box fans when it gets way too hot outside and they have no air conditioning and they suffer without it! they took truck loads of fans one summer and we helped with deliveries of those oscillating/box fans all kinds of those cooling fans....people appreciated that...

even if you are just filling up cups of water for workers when you are volunteering, or taking plates of food to old people who can't leave their homes it's always sweet and kind. they always need help with those kinds of things.

volunteering at local area fire departments is also one way to volunteer all year-round...also at hospitals/cancer centers they sometimes need volunteers with things I have heard...

a lot of communities need volunteers for all types of things...I think you just have to find one and work on that and then find another...it's a good thing to stay active and get out there and make a good difference...

love, julie