Spinoff: Do you volunteer?

If so, what do you do?
I work with a kids program at a local shelter. I admit I started volunteering in high school because it looked good on my college apps... but then I truly started to enjoy it and I really can't imagine my life without volunteer work.
I work with a kids program at a local shelter. I admit I started volunteering in high school because it looked good on my college apps... but then I truly started to enjoy it and I really can't imagine my life without volunteer work.
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Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. ~ Rumi
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. ~ Rumi
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zawR7VYNdNg
It feels good, but it also just feels right. It's what I do with my life. It's who I am. It's a way to give back at least some of what's been given to me. It's the way I can live in this world and live with myself and sleep at night and not become overwhelmed with despair - just chipping away at what I can, where I can, every day.
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national anthem for self-pity :binky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zawR7VYNdNg
Well, what do you do?
Hee, I do pretty much the same thing, except the shelter I work with is not teen mom specific. It's amazingly fun. I love my kids and I have so much admiration for their moms.
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Volunteering/Public service really has become such an integral part of my values system.
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. ~ Rumi
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and now I'm an Americorps Vista (which pays you so below minimum wage it's just like voluntering) but it's an awsome communications opportunity that will help my joke of a career.
I'm not the type to play with babies or tutor kids, or do any type of one-on-one type help. Usually that's the type of thing that made me avoid volunteering. It's nice to know there are still opportunities for folks like me.
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I also volunteer in my African-Caribbean community. I'm on various committees and executives for Black History Month, Caribana etc. when it gets to that time of year. That's more for my own enjoyment/enhancement of my social life and so on. I'm also part of a group that runs an after-school tutoring program for school-age children and youth. I do this because I feel it is critical to our community to have initiatives like this.
I would really like to do some volunteer work in Africa or in the Caribbean with AIDS orphans, famine victims, or community empowerment, so maybe that is in the future. If I have time in the fall I am going to contact UNICEF about volunteering for them.
wow. that makes me really happy.
i've volunteered all my life - when i was in high school, i started out volunteering at a local hospital doing things like bringing patients water & reading their mail to them. in college i became even more involved with organizations like habitat for humanity and amnesty international. most recently i helped to edit an issue of the red cross' monthly newsletter, which was really cool.
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A few years ago my daughter and I volunteered at the Humane Society, walking dogs, cleaning, helping customers... then we adopted a dog of our own and stopped going for some reason. They always had a lot of volunteers for some reason- almost too many.
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what she said - I didn't want to bring "Bible quotes" into this, but yes, a big part of why I too volunteer is that Jesus said "whatever you do for the least of these, you do it for me." It is a Christian's duty to help the needy and to serve Christ in that way - Mother Theresa said "let your hands be Jesus' hands." And also, the more I volunteer, the more I realize how blessed and fortunate I am, and the less I take it for granted.
Hmm, charity (time or money) is a big part of all religions, but probably the aspect that gets overlooked the most.
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I went into it thinking I had to coach a winning team and have learned along the way it's all about helping each kid with what he or she needs help with and a lot of times, it really has nothing to do with soccer. At the end of each practice and game, I get high-5s and hugs from all of them. I can't imagine not coaching now. To me it's much more satisfying than any other volunteer work I've done.
One of my "absent" parents (that's my ugly name for the ones who never come to their kids games - but I don't say it around any children) saw me after school and her son ran and hugged me and ran back to her. She asked him if I was one of his teachers and he responded, "NO! She's way better than a teacher; she's my coach!" I felt 10 feet tall and cried the whole way home with a sappy grin on my face.
Why don't some people realize all that children need is to know they are loved and respected and to have someone set reasonable limits and expectations for them? It breaks my heart that they don't get it at home, but at least for 9 months a year, they can get it from me.
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Aside from that, I do what I can when I can. God's always asking me to do things here and there. 8)
the best part of being a part of the SSN is that i get to work with high school kids and i get to encourage them to seek higher education via colleges or tech schools. And if their families cant afford the tuition, i help them seek alternative ways to pay for college via grants, loans, private donations and scholarships. I have grown very close to many of the kids at the mosque. i love seeing a kid fulfill his dream of being something better and then helping his family!
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Also, I am a volunteer referee and soccer coach for three area soccer leagues, generally working with kids ages 6-12. Then again, during the school year, my club soccer team sponsors a youth soccer team, and we spend three days a week (whether practices or games) working with them and just spending time with the team.
It took me awhile to understand the joy of volunteering, but I wouldn't have learned the lessons imparted me in any other way.
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Volunteering feels more 'right' than 'good.' Our world is just a complex place and so much needs to be done. We all have a duty to ourselves to make it all work better. Does that make sense?