Which Charity Should You Volunteer For?

Food banks offer a great place for people to get the food they need for themselves and their families. Food banks need people to help collect donations, sort food items, put together food boxes, and sometimes even deliver food to those who are shut in. Providing hungry people with food is so rewarding, and you can feel good that your work really did make a difference!

There is nothing quite like the joy of seeing a family have a home of their own for the first time. You are handy and enjoy the building process. Your skills can make a huge difference in the lives of a family by giving them shelter, comfort, and even pride! Now that is giving back!

Goodwill does so much more than just collect clothes. They provide training and education to those who are in need of decent job opportunities. You can volunteer as a mentor, a career guide, a tutor, or even just someone who helps sort donations and works in the store. There are so many ways you can help!

Hospice provides support to people who are at the end of their lives as well as their caregivers. By volunteering with Hospice, you can give comfort and care to someone in their final days as well as help to provide relief to those who experience the stress and heartache of watching a loved one pass away. These are experiences that will change your life.

So many children are missing positive role models in their lives. Volunteering with Big Brothers/Big Sisters is a chance for you to be that positive person to some young child. It only takes an hour a week to make a huge difference in the choices and opportunities that some kids make. Knowing that someone will be proud of them for doing the right things is sometimes all it takes to lead kids in the right direction toward a positive future.

So many animals find themselves without shelter or food. With no one to care for them, they can spend their days in a lonely cage until they have to be put down. You can help your Humane Society by volunteering to take dogs for a walk, pet the cats, or do any other number of services to help make the animals' time at the Humane Society, well...more humane. Animals are so appreciative of any love or attention they can receive, and they will return that affection tenfold.