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Post by Stripes on Jun 23, 2009 23:38:40 GMT
I really want to start volunteering. I would like to know how people have got into their work/placement. Any tips to get my foot into the door? What type of volunteering do you do?
Thank you.
Newton
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Post by clocketpatch on Jun 24, 2009 0:49:05 GMT
I'm secretary of the ANTHRO society at my university... but I'm not so sure that's volunteering since I get free beer out of it...
I got in by following a sign to a meeting. And pizza.
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Post by librarylover on Jun 24, 2009 1:36:20 GMT
I volunteer for a professional organization of which I am a member. I just told someone that I wanted to get involved and the next thing I knew I was on major committees. Organizations with minimal budgets love members who volunteer.  I am also a volunteer translator for my local library. Other volunteering I do has usually come from friends asking me to help with one of their projects. My suggestion would be to find something that you are already interested in/good at and ask people what help they need. There isn't a non-profit anywhere that doesn't need help with something. |
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Post by Stripes on Jun 24, 2009 1:42:15 GMT
I'm secretary of the ANTHRO society at my university... but I'm not so sure that's volunteering since I get free beer out of it... I got in by following a sign to a meeting. And pizza. In grade nine, I was wondering around my school, kind of lost, I walked into a room and there were a couple of kids and a teacher. the teacher jumped up and asked if I was here to do teach crew, I was like "uhh *looks around at the little number of students and desperate teacher* sure!" seeing that I had some what heard about the meeting I thought that sounded interested I joined. Good times tech crew was and I miss it. I volunteer for a professional organization of which I am a member. I just told someone that I wanted to get involved and the next thing I knew I was on major committees. Organizations with minimal budgets love members who volunteer. I am also a volunteer translator for my local library. Other volunteering I do has usually come from friends asking me to help with one of their projects. My suggestion would be to find something that you are already interested in/good at and ask people what help they need. There isn't a non-profit anywhere that doesn't need help with something. The two places I really want to volunteer for is Doctors without Boarders and Sick Kids, both are full with volunteers. They would both be great for me. I am going to just look around some more and hound the two groups above. Yeah, I doubled post and I don't care. |
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Post by clocketpatch on Jun 24, 2009 1:47:06 GMT
I really want to volunteer at the local Humane Society but it's off the bus route and I don't have a car.
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Post by Stripes on Jun 24, 2009 1:48:29 GMT
I really want to volunteer at the local Humane Society but it's off the bus route and I don't have a car. I have thought about that, I would work with the rats. However, they have been in trouble lately and things are a little stinky right now. |
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Post by librarylover on Jun 24, 2009 1:56:50 GMT
I really want to volunteer at the local Humane Society but it's off the bus route and I don't have a car. I have thought about volunteering there, but I know I would end up being the crazy cat and dog lady of my neighborhood. Every time one of the ones that I liked (which would be many) was going to be euthanized I would want to take it home. |
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Post by Clifford on Jun 24, 2009 3:23:31 GMT
Is there a school near you? I volunteer at the Maritime Museum, which is downtown, and my high school. That's easy (but then I live 7 minutes from it). And next school year I won't be volunteering, I'll be working, but hey, what can you do?
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