What are some things 15 year old girls can volunteer for?

like animal shelters, or day care centers, can anyone give me a full list of things you know?



Homeless Shelters


Food Banks


The Guideposts Sweater Project


Ronald McDonald House


Special Olympics


Habitat for Humanities


State Parks


City Programs


Helping Others Learn to Read


Hospitals


Libraries


Senior Citizens Centers


Animal Shelters


United Way


Red Cross


Salvation Army


Environmental Organizations


Political Campaigns


800 Number Volunteer


Web site creation





Very good for you darling for wanting to help out.




A lot of churches need volunteers for their social action/social justice projects----you might be helping paint a house with Habitat for Humanity, collecting blankets and food for an animal rescue group, or cleaning up a stream.





Check with your local Council on Aging---see if they need anyone to do phone check-ins. There may be other special tasks you can do right in your neighborhood that will allow older persons to "age in place" and stay in their own homes. (This was one of the biggest concerns we had with my mom--getting small chores done---very hard to case manage when there's 1000 miles of distance.)


Perhaps you can do regular pickups of small grocery items, like bread, milk, fresh veggies. Very few stores deliver, and those that do often charge quite a bit. But you can handle that size task on a bicycle.


How about shoveling snow, or mowing lawns? Taking garbage cans from the back door to the alley (or taking them back to the house)---doesn't sound like much, until you have trouble moving and are trying to steer a can with one hand and use a walker with the other....ESPECIALLY in wet or snowy weather.





How about seeing if there's a "visiting project" for local nursing homes or eldercare centers? You'd be surprised how *interesting* older folks can be, when you start asking "what was it like when....?" (You may also be able to double up and count this as an "oral history" assignment for school, or as a base for a social studies paper.)





Like to cook?---see if anyone is doing a soup kitchen (and no, you typically DON'T have to be a member of a church to help out there). Helpers are really needed, especially for serving and cleaning up.





Hope this helps, and thanks for thinking of others!




you can do errands and shopping for the old and shut-ins you know of. you can start a tutoting program and meet at the public library, or better yet, return to your elementary school, your favorite teacher , and offer your services as tutor.


you can find out if single moms in the area need someone to pick up their kid and start dinner or do laundry at their apt or home.


you can see if they need clean up and errand help at the local hair or nail salon..and maybe even pick up pointers and some early experience.




Candystriper at a hospital or nursing home


Animal shelter


Day care center


Food bank


After school tutoring program




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