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Do you volunteer?
Posted by angelawd • 13 days ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: charity, humanitarian work, volunteerism
Do you volunteer time/money for charitable or humanitarian causes? If so, what do you do? How can others get involved?
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No-
Interesting...care to elaborate?
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Sure. I don't give a rats a$$.
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Honesty is a very admirable quality (even from a guy with horns). -
I may be a lot of things, but dishonest is not on that list ;p
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Well maybe u should try to give a rats ass -
No thanks. I have my own problems.
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He cant because a rat's ass doesn't belong to him. It belongs to the rat -
Sounds like a good deal for the rat.
By the way, Dbowles, what DO you give a rats ass about? -
Myself mostly.
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yes. I work asa a volunteer for a disabled people's centre. It is nice to take care of people and spend your time with them. Makes life have meaning before it vanishes...-
That sounds interesting. What do you at the centre?
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Yesssss..its one of my fav things in the world to do...the ST.jude GAYLA...my mimi works for this vocal coach,his name is BOB WESTBROOK...he's awesome,he actually coached justin timberlake....anyways every year he gets all of his students together and they are the entertainment at the GAYLA...I always help my mimi around that time of year bc she gets soooooooo frazzeled,but in turn it is sooooo awesome to be a part in helping organize such a wonderful event.
I love to see the kids faces...plus you get to wear a formal!!! -
My kid's charter school requires 30 volunteer hours from every family to attend. I've considered going to a few classrooms and helping out or tutoring some idiot teenagers, but that would require me to submit myself to (what amounts to) an FBI interrogation. I am not scared of that and completely understand why they require that and am super happy as my own child goes there, but in the end, it's easier just to pay off the school. Yes, you can buy volunteer hours.-
Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? What do they do with your volunteer payment?
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I think they prefer cash, anyway. They buy the stuff they should have anyway.
As far as volunteering, I give of myself to the community children, nothing formal. I ask the kid a few doors down how his book report is going, I ask the other neighbor why he's out after dark, and I ask the other why he's not wearing shoes. I'm not making friends, but they are not my friends. If they need math help or English help, I'm available. And they know.
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I volunteer, but it's usually around the holidays. The kids and I donate toys for Christmas, collect coats for the needy, and one year, I fixed Thanksgiving dinner for several of the homeless around our area (that was great because all I heard was "wow, you can cook!").
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For me, donating is MUCH easier than being there and volunteering. I prefer to donate a hundred cans of food to the food drive than spend an afternoon in a sad environment.
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That's because you'd rather be drinking your beer.
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Phillies, I can understand - when you don't have much time, donating things can be the only way to get involved in the world.
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I prefer to drink, but if one of the idiot neighbor kids would admit they needed help, I'd do it. I swear that I've offered to help with math or any homework and these ridiculous children would rather get a fail than even try.
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Daily Beer Review, if you don't like spending your time in a sad environment, how come you're a Phillies fan??
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I did volunteer when I was younger and helped on my sisters school with baked goods, like cookies, brownies and cupcakes.
Donating toys and clothes is something I do so now and then as well. -
I've volunteered several times to coach gymnastics for free. At one place I did it for a whole year. It was more for the challenge of transforming a weak program into a strong one than for altruistic reasons.-
My daughters were in gymnastics for a long time, so I can appreciate how much effort goes into a coaching program.
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Angelawd: Were they competitive gymnasts?
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My older daughter was a competitve gymnast. She had just started competing at level 6 when she had a bad wrist injury and had to quit.
My younger daughter was in it for fun, but the gym they went to was training kids for competition. Once they put her into level 4, she didn't enjoy it as much, so I let her pick another activity.
Were you coaching competitive gymnastics? -
Yes, I only like working with team. I love teaching the beam and floor routines, especially the compulsories. I'm a fanatic about good form. Where did your daughter train?
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Northern Illinois.
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i enjoy volunteering..... i was active on our local junior league, even was the past Treasurer, serving on Exec board for two years and participating in all of our projects. I've worked in soup kitchens (instant gratification) and Meals on Wheels. I prefer projects that provide hands-on involvement, like habitat for community (my family has sponsored some homes).....
see, the slut volunteers! LOL-
I like to do hands-on work also.
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hmmm, I bet you'd have a tough time passing the (anti-slut) requirements for being in the children's classroom. Or maybe not.
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I have volunteered in the past in one of Anthony Robbins seminars, it was hard work but rewarding... we had to start quite early before people started arriving .... and left late too... am sure you cld find info on line for this .-
Yeah, I'll have to look this up. I don't know who Anthony Robbins is.
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I am a lecturer anyhow. So it was not an imposition when a local retirement home asked me to give lectures to their residents for 2 hours each month without pay. The residents give me a list of the topics they are interested in and as long as they select subjects I know about (history, art history, travel), I always oblige.
Originally I thought _I_ would be doing all the teaching and the residents would be doing all the learning. But more than once their responses have been so learned and so full of experience, I had to thank THEM.-
yup - whenever I can. Anything that I can do. I am a volunteer paramedic, I blog, and do whatever comes up. -
The trouble with volunteering in an old age home is that if the residents fall asleep while I am talking, it could be
a] I am totally boring
b] they are in a diabetic or other coma
c] they have gone to god.
I think I might volunteer with labradors, next time
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Hels, that's an interesting volunteer opportunity. I might look into that one myself. And try not to take it personally if they fall asleep!
Sam, I would find it so hard to be a volunteer paramedic. I'm not squeamish, but I hate to see people sufferinf. I'm glad there are people who can do it!
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no...not at all..-
hmmm...want to say more about that?
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I volunteered after Hurricane Katrina. I went around different areas in New Orleans, leaving food & water for lost pets & recording & reporting any that I saw. Unfortunately some people coming back didn't appreciate our group's efforts & left out anti-freeze for the animals & attacked us physically. Some volunteers were even shot at. I stopped volunteering because of it, but I still donate to local food banks & other charities.-
Why would people oppose help like that? Did they give you any reasons why you should stop? You'd think they would want someone caring for these creatures.
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Some people didn't want the stray animals wandering around anymore. In some cases we were instructed to put food & water in sheltered areas right on/in peoples' property--in garages, under porches, etc. If I'd come home after Katrina & found someone in my garage I might not take kindly to it, either. Ultimately who knows.
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Yea katrina is still whoopin our ass. My bro went down and worked for a minute...uncle sam never got his crap straight and from what I hear its still the same
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I guess I can see the problem with the strays - for instance, what happens to the animals when the volunteers go away? But hurting animals and people over that is pretty crazy.
I guess I don't really know how I'd respond if I'd just lost everything in a hurricane.
The churches in my area sent many volunteers to help in OK and LA after the hurricane, but I was never able to go. It's amazing how much is still left to do, four years later.
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Does AA count as volunteering? I act as Secretary for my home group once a week, and usually have something to do at the meetings I go to - anything from looking after newcomers to making the tea. We are told that service keeps us sober, and being sober keeps us alive - tempting!
I used to volunteer as a mentor for the Princes Trust. I liked that - working with young women getting started in business.
I am at the moment getting involved with Aware Defeat Depression. Initially, I will be shaking a collection tin on the street coming up to Christmas time. Long term, I'd like to get involved with their Helpline. Same with AA. I have suffered from depression for 8 years and am now a recovering alcoholc, and have needed similar helplines myself at times. I think it's important to try to give back what I got for free.-
What a great perspective! I like giving back, too - and paying it forward.
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I am a volunteer at the Local Disability Information Bureau, where I teach people who have never used computers how to use a computer. It takes up one day a week and it is probably the most rewarding thing I do.-
Interesting! That's something else I think I could do. Did you join a program that was already in place, or did you have to start it up?
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