How many folks here do volunteer work in the community?

[0007]

I'm not talking about campaigning for a candidate.

[NMDemDist2]

1. nope not me I barely have time to campaign n/t

[wyldwolf]

2. me me me me me!

..but it is still political in nature.

[0007]

7. I donate about 16 to 20 hours a week with a program called

"Senior Companions." It is helping elderly folks that are legally blind or too old to do things on their own, but aren't ready for the nursing home. I've gotten to know some great people.

[robbedvoter]

3. I am in a community garden - and plan to do all my volunteering there

The garden will not say it wants to be more like Bush. I am done here.

[Selwynn]

4. I have in the past, but sadly not currently - I'm looking for full time

work that is non-profit related, however. Working to contribute back to society by working for social justice as my work in life.

[doni_georgia]

5. I do

I do volunteer work for a special education support group. I also occasionally (not as often as I would like) volunteer at a homeless shelter in Atlanta. Before I had kids I did a lot more volunteer work, but between my full-time job as a teacher and being a mom of three, there's just not that much time. I do, though, make time for political activism. It's just too important not to.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Ever since I was 12

and I went with the Girl Scouts to volunteer at a hospital on Roosevelt Island in NYC that was for paraplegics and quadriplegics (mostly vets).

Since then I have tried to commit to doing some sort of community service every year.

[havocmom]

8. Work with kids

That'a where the future is. But I probably get back from them 10 fold. Kids are great and can help realign you world view as to what is really important. Their no-nonsense kid logic is a good reality check.

[robbedvoter]

9. Did work with babies in a NICU - I agree.

It was immensely rewarding.

[lowjinks]

10. I work with a 2nd Amendment group

We try and help good people in crime ridden neighborhoods obtain low cost weapons for self defense. So far this year alone we have provided 23 guns to formerly helpless victims.

[Skittles]

14. dear God

:puke:

[lowjinks]

15. What does that mean?

[Skittles]

16. you should work to try to reduce crime in the neighborhood

supplying guns that can be easily stolen and used for more crime is obscene.

[WolverineDG]

11. i do what i can

i have helped work on a house for habitat for humanity & plan to do so again this year. i already "bought" a square foot for the next house.

when i clean out my closets, i take the clothes that i no longer wear or want to the women's shelter so the ladies have nice clothes for job interviews.

i also give to the food bank via the grocery store (add $5 to your bill as donation), & throw a buck or two in the salvation army buckets at christmas.

i sponsor a child or 2 during the christmas "angel tree" program.

dg

[0007]

25. You sound like a very nice person

[AlCzervik]

12. I do

i dial for donations at the local food bank a couple of afternoons a month and i do some fund raising drives for W.E.A.V.E.

[Philosophy]

13. I've worked on some Habitat for Humanity houses

But I was going with a friend's church group and they stopped inviting me when they found out I'm an atheist.

[trof]

19. Me too.

No one asked me about my religious beliefs.

[WolverineDG]

26. contact your local habitat office directly

the church i used to go to wouldn't sponsor or advertise habitat activities because habitat, while it does have a religious component to it, wouldn't come out & say that christianity is the only way to heaven. :eyes: oh yeah, and a democratic president (jimmy carter) is one of its more famous proponents.

but, i found habitat listed in the phone book & called them...they were happy for the help & i'm sure your local chapter would be the same. :)

dg

[City Lights]

17. I do.

I volunteer at my son's school, for a local animal rescue organization, and for a local children's charity.

[K8-EEE]

18. I Do!

Church, school and fundraising for a non-profit music venue....and I was a girl scout leader for 6 years.

I'm on that list of people filed under, "Call, her, she'll do it." The list gets shorter and shorter because there are so many demands on people's time these days, you get the feeling people are just treading water trying to keep it all together.

[bruce21040]

20. Indirectly

The company that I own has a fund set up to give college grants to top performing students in the local high schools.

does that count?

[trof]

21. Friends of the Library

Wolf Bay Watershed Watch
http://www.wolfbay.org/
Habitat

[Hell Hath No Fury]

22. I do...

I work with a local group called One Brick who organizes volunteer events such as cleaning parks, bagging gift bags for homeless shelters, and sorting items at the SF Food Bank.

I also act as my Neighborhood Watch captain.

[Ilsa]

23. Count me in.

Whether I was married or single, I always performed volunteer work. It was a way to meet all kinds of people, expand my world, and i enjoy it. I took a little time off when my kids were very little, but I like staying involved.
Hospitals, pro-choice activities, American Cancer society, local battered women's shelter, United Way, various health agencies, school, etc.

[LizW]

24. I do

I volunteer lots of hours in the public schools, and I do work for the local animal shelter. I also knit for preemies and other sick babies, and make knitted hats to donate to the homeless shelter.

[Mountainman]

27. I'm a volunteer tour guide at a state park/ Native American winter home

I lead tours at state park. The area was a winter home to the native Indians that lived around here. There are pictographs in the caves that must be protected so the only way to see them is to go on tour.

[Kat45]

28. I do, but not as much as I'd like to.

Through my church, I go to a homeless shelter's soup kitchen to help serve meals. (The church has one day a month on which we prepare and serve their (supper) meal.) A couple of years ago, I volunteered as a pastoral visitor to patients at a hospital. There are a few other things I'd like to get involved with once I get a fixed schedule, ie get a second PT job so I can pay my bills.

[indigo32]

29. I do

I take a homebound woman out for her groceries weekly,
and have a definite mentoring relationship with my best friends son (she is a single mom).
Neither is a formal arrangement but I've done both for years.