Match-a-kid: Volunteering

I look at what's out there to volunteer for and update the blog. The blog is like a clearinghouse for projects. The sources I get my info from are the library, the community centers, the senior centers, educational institutions and the municipal office in Montgomery.

It is one thing to be a part of the community and it is another matter to belong and be social in it.
The blog is about creating and talking about projects that the community and especially the youth can be involved in for community service.

Many High Schools do not have community service as a requirement for credit but it is a useful way to occupy a mind, involve in helping others and more than anything else- being part of the society in which one already belongs.

Here you will find many ideas for projects that can be taken up.

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number of the day 582,000 on 2/15/12

That's how many young people raised their hands -not just that- but applied to serve in the community. It is a different issue that they were all rejected. There wasn't enough resources to provide for them. Read more in this post.

It would be a practical view to have local volunteer work force that can find things to do. It enables being connected to the community and also to grow and evolve out of the small village to the large city/state.
Find an issue that matters at the local level and understand it. Find a way to deal with it to make it better. If there is a problem, fix it, or find out who can fix it. This will enable you to find a larger context to the problem and the next step would be to take it to the global level if not national.

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