DH does most of the volunteering in our family. He helps with the temple website, helps with the website for his genealogy club, and goes once a week to an assisted living to do genealogy with the residents. This is on top of working his normal job, his side business as a genealogist, and helping me with LO. I don't feel like I have time to volunteer though, I'm hoping when LO gets older I can start again!
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Not currently. I'm hoping to eventually volunteer at a local hospital while I go to nursing school, for experience. That probably won't be for a long time, however...
I used to volunteer at nursing homes with my mom when I was little!
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Nothing formal or consistent. I manage volunteers as my paid job though, so sometimes I feel bad about that.
We have lots of requests from outside special events to ask our volunteers and staff if they'd be interested in helping out with various things, so sometimes I'll join those (sorting food at the food bank, Caroling at retirement homes at Christmas, those special fundraising days at various fast food places kind of thing). -
Yep, I have been volunteering as a mentor for the past 4 years. It's a big time commitment but has been worth it though I'm taking a break from the program since my mentee is graduating from high school (tear).
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I just went to a meeting yesterday to volunteer for the branch of The Girl Scouts over here! Not sure exactly what I'll be doing, but I go to a meeting on Sunday!
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Last year I volunteered at the library and children's museum, but I stopped when I started teaching more classes at work.
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Yep. I am the Volunteer Site Coordinator for a volunteer-run produce co-op called Bountiful Baskets. Also, I end up volunteering a lot at church and, being in a small town, will be doing a lot more community volunteering as the kids move into school. There's so much to do and not a lot of people to do it, so everybody has to volunteer if they want things to happen here.
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I sometimes volunteer as a translator at a medical clinic for uninsured. I have also translated for a free tax preparation service for low-income residents. I am not doing anything currently, though.
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I volunteered at a crisis nursery Saturday mornings before I got pregnant. Parents could drop their kids off for up to 30 days when they were homeless, in rehab, medical emergencies etc. I loved starting my weekend there. It prevented me from wasting Saturdays on the couch. I had to quit when I got pregnant because I got a cold almost every time I volunteered.
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@mrsjazz: I volunteered with Minds Matter as a mentor for a year. Do you do that one or something else? It was a fantastic experience but my mentee graduated and I decided I wanted my Saturdays back. It was one of the most worthwhile volunteer opportunities I've ever had though, would love to do it again someday.
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@hummusgirl: Something else. I've never heard of Minds Matter, I'll have to look it up. I mentor with a program that pairs professional women writers with high school girls who like to write. Most of our girls live in high-risk/low-income neighborhoods or are immigrants.
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I volunteer through Junior League, though there isn't much happening over the summer. In the fall we start up our Childhood Literacy program, which I'm excited about.
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I haven't in awhile. Last volunteer effort was helping seniors use the computers. They learned how to make spreadsheets and flyers for church stuff. We created email accounts for them and I showed them how to access government sites (Medicsid online, find their Senator etc).
DH's last volunteer job was mentoring adolescent boys through his frat organizarion a couple years ago.
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@mrsjazz: That sounds interesting. My program also worked with kids in low-income families but it was both genders. I'd love to find something I could do after work instead of the weekends.
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I just emailed two organizations to get started volunteering again now that we've moved and settled in!
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