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Volunteer and Help the World!

Volunteer and make the world a better place. Start by placing yourself outside your comfort zone to help another person.

Often this experience will change your life and the way that you perceive the world around you. It will allow you to witness many new and amazing new experiences.

Many of the links provided here offer life changing opportunities. Take a chance and change your life today!

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteering gives you the opportunity to change your life by helping others. You can volunteer for week-long services, or you can sign up for longer stays. One thing is certain, volunteering can change your life and the life of others. Here are a few programs with links to their Web sites. All of us possess special skills. Think of volunteering for your next vacation to help teach others what you know, and make this a better world. Pass what you've learned forward by volunteering to help others, and in in the process, yourself

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Volunteers of America

From rural America to inner-city neighborhoods, Volunteers of America provides outreach programs that deal with today's most pressing needs. Volunteers of America helps youth at risk, frail elderly, abused and neglected children, people with disabilities, Provides volunteering opportunities for corrections, developmentally disabled, elderly, emergency services, families, and substance abuse.

Volunteers for Peace

Over 2200 programs in countries all over the world and many programs for teenage and young adults. Imagine sending your 16-year-old to France for the summer as a volunteer! Imagine going with your 16-year old? Some camps will also allow families to join. Many address given for other programs throughout the US are provided at this Web site.

Spectrum Ministries

If you are religiously inclined, yet feel that the church doesn't do enough to really help their fellow man, join Pastor Von on one of his trips to the poorer parts of Mexico and Central America. Pastor Von needs volunteers to help go to orphanages and help the needy. Take the family for a lesson in humility, and goodness. Pastor Von is a great guy with a heart of gold and in search of a few good volunteers to help him.

Church World Service

This unique and diverse organization offers relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations. Working in partnership with local organizations in over 80 countries. They offer tools to help people make a difference throughout the world.

Red Cross

The Red Cross offers lots of volunteer opportunities, especially in emergencies. They have many flexible volunteer programs available that can let you work directly with people, serve on a board of advisors. The Red Cross can offer opportunities to help you utilize your talents in way that can help others.

Volunteer Match

This is a Website that is committed to bringing volunteers and service organizations together. You can even sign up to be a "virtual volunteer".

Idealist

Here you'll find hundreds of volunteer postings and search options to help you find volunteer opportunities that fit your skills, throughout the world, many of which you can do right from your computer.

Servenet

Establish a profile of your skills in their database and nonprofit organizations in your area will contact you about volunteer opportunities that match your skills, interests, and schedule. Servenet also has "Virtual Volunteering" that you can do right from your computer.

Make a Wish

Make a wish foundation helps to grant the wishes of children with life threatening illnesses. You can volunteer to help them in this very special quest.