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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Ootsav and the bringing together of the community.

This is what the people said via Ootsav! 2015- Of course I support the library! Because people like us do things like this! People came out and supported the effort by the community. I was quietly surprised when I saw the ambush of the volunteers at the first volunteer meeting at the library. We did not have a clear agenda for the day of (we had one for the meeting). We did not know how and what we would do eventually- but we all knew one thing- we all wanted to give back to the community. To give back to the library in manifold ways, in ways that cannot be quantified. Paraphrasing Seth Godin- the reason for the existence of donors/ volunteers and non-profits is that we don't know how to solve some problems in the world. Problems that are unprecedented -like the economic recession and what it did to our economy and then to our library. When we move to volunteer and fundraising for a cause, we take risks which don't make profitable sense. This risk basically pu...

A TO DO LIST (NOT MINE, COPYRIGHT CURRENTLY LOST) FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE- CHOOSE ONE AND LET ME KNOW. * Start a bat education program for nature centers and schools, including a travel box and talk, as well as helping the community set up neighborhood bat boxes. * Create a program for educating parents on the dangers of lead poisoning and present it at community events. * Create a pedestrian safety campaign in your community; present the need for a stoplight in your community at a busy intersection to your local city council based upon your research. * Develop a breast cancer awareness program in your community for mothers and teens through local women's church groups. * Organize a chapter of SADD and plan a campaign for safe graduation parties in your community with representatives from the different high schools. * Develop an anti-bullying program for children that includes a drama component and peer counselors. * Plan and host a student art show as part of a commu...

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