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Default Dec 09, 2019 at 04:20 PM
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I volunteer as an admin support person one day a week with my local food bank.

Does anyone else here volunteer?
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my dog is a therapy dog & visits nursing homes, schools, hospitals etc.
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I volunteer as an English teacher for the poor and homeless kid every Saturday.
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 10:29 AM
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I volunteer with an honor society I belong to, and my duty at the moment is to sort and shelve books. The added bonus is that per every 15 minutes I volunteer, I can select a book to keep...I've done enough volunteer work to have a huge pile under the Christmas tree for my mom and dad!
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 12:30 PM
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My shrink suggested I volunteer at this recovery place called DePaul, but I have been too unstable to start yet.

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I volunteer at/through my Church

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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 02:41 PM
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I do! I volunteer once (sometimes twice) a week at a hospitality type organization.

I love it and the people I work for.
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 03:08 PM
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Thanks so much everyone for replying!

It's nice to know there are so many other people who volunteer. I'm doing it as preparation for getting back into work.
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I do volunteer work for a dog rescue shelter 2-3 times a month.
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 05:49 PM
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Yes me too, I volunteer in 2 places, one with elderly people the other with children. I love them both - if anyone is considering volunteering I would say go for it.
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Default Dec 15, 2019 at 11:17 PM
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I am a adult youth leader volunteer at church and also prison ministry when I can

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Default Dec 22, 2019 at 02:57 PM
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Next year, I am hoping to volunteer to help refugees.
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Default Dec 29, 2019 at 12:51 PM
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I volunteer at a few different places but cut back in the past year or two. I have a hard time saying no!
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Default Dec 29, 2019 at 06:10 PM
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I'm not volunteering right now because I have needed this year to do some stabilizing and healing. I have done loads of volunteering in the past, though. When my kids were growing up I volunteered teaching arts and crafts to certain classes, also was a reader for a great program called Rolling Readers. So I'd read a story to the 1st graders, then we'd do an art project having to do with the story we had read. That was so much fun.

I did some other vol work with their school and always enjoyed it.

I used to volunteer with "Stand Down", which is a yearly event for Vietnam veterans...3 days of access to all sorts of services for vets, referrals and such. I volunteered with setting it up, then taking it down.

For a year I volunteered with a youth (teen) program in my hometown. My job was working outreach, so going with a partner out in the evening to reach out to teens (homeless, runaways, throwaways) who needed services (gave them referrals and/or a ride to a safe house), passing out care kits, and doing on-the-spot counseling. I absolutely loved that job and I was hired as a paid employee after the year of volunteering.

The most recent vol position I've had was facilitating a NAMI Connection group. I facilitated for 16 months. A very powerful experience. I'd like to facilitate a group again at some point.

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