Give your time to Charity

  Working together as a family or even as a couple can be a great bonding experience and can also give the opportunity to help out a charity in need. The difficulty, sometimes, of volunteering with a busy schedule is that it is hard to be somewhere at a specific day or time weekly and can make us hold back so we don't over commit. Well, the good news is that there are several organizations that are actually online and you can sign up for days that you have available as well as give yourself the chance to help out at a lot of well-deserved charities. How it works on many of these sites is you sign up and take a brief, but informative, orientation.  Some have small fees just to help cover the website expense and are, of course, a donation. Then, you browse what charities are looking for help on days you have available. In some cases, you can provide them with special skills you have in the event there is a need in that area. I have done an event where I read to homeless children, served in a food kitchen, boxed food and medical supplies, played a sporting game with at risk teens, and provided park clean up. The list and need is endless.  You can take turns, as a family, picking out causes that are close to your heart.

http://www.volunteermatch.org/  all over projects
www.onlinevolunteering.org helping online projects.
www.makeadifference.org is in the Greater Phoenix area.

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