Whenever it’s one time or regularly.
Also, if you do, how did you start?
My anxiety and avoidant personality disorder keep me from having to urge to volunteer.
People make me tired.
Yep, about evey month or so at a local children’s museum. I got a email at work decided to give it a try thinking maybe I’d meet a hot single mom or something.
But I actually do like helping the kids with their craft projects. It’s clear that someone of them don’t get the opportunity to really make a mess and build random stuff, I love be there to make that happen
Yeah lots, with the local food bank or the universalist Unitarian church, I’m an atheist but UU churches are about service not dogma I’ve heard the word “god” maybe 3 times this year and I go every week and volunteer regularly, it’s been great to join an organization that’s already set up to help build community that doesn’t care what you believe in.
Our town twinning comittee did a St. Nicolas trip to our twinned city in the UK. Some years ago, the old St. Nicolas retired, and the comittee leader (a friend of ours) was desperately looking for a new one. She even asked her husband if he would glue a beard to his face (an idea which he was absolutely not keen of!). Then, one day we met in the city, and suddenly while we were chatting, she exclaimed “You have a beard!”
Indeed, I have a beard, and i have it way longer than we know each other, but that was beside the point. It is broad, long, and white. And I speak English rather fluently (it is not my native tongue), putting me into a perfect spot for this job.
And so I was volunteered…
I wanted to get up close to wild animals, so now I volunteer at the wildlife rescue. Hard work sometimes, but overall very rewarding and a lot of fun.
Yep. I tend to do K-12 STEM outreach stuff. The local schools and scout troops know me and reach out for help occasionally.
I’ve been thinking about doing some reffing for a high school sports club. It’s a less-popular sport, there aren’t a ton of adults who’ve played enough to be decent refs and even fewer women. Just not sure I have the time this season to get match fit and my credentials updated.
I do. Counting ballets. They needed ppl so i signed up
Le Sacre du Printemps is my personal favourite.
I think i miss spelled something wrong. I meant i count at elections the votes
Ballots is what you meant. Ballet is a type of dancing.
Keep it up, and Mister Spelled is gonna come after you.
I used to volunteer at libraries to teach elderly people digital literacy, how to use phones and computers to complete tasks they need etc and grow comfortable with their devices.
Unfortunately I couldn’t continue due to instability taking over my life. I’d like to do it again someday but I’m currently in too much need.
I write wikipedia pages, do OpenStreetMap editing and occasionally I go leafleting for my political party of choice
FOSS and blood.
I used to donate blood, but sadly a medication I take prevents me from doing so anymore. One time I even donated two units since they were particularly low on that type. You have my respect.
I also help do compatibility testing for an emulator, though life has kept me from doing that recently.
Yeah at the pet shelter here. Started coz i wanted to be around animals but now id feel guilty if i wanted to leave, they are so under staffed and under supported
where i live pet shelters don’t want people, they just want money. it sucks.
I help frogs and toads cross the road during mating season and count them.
Yes. I volunteered for a couple months in Ukraine in a dog shelter and the volunteer kitchen in Lviv. I also volunteer to organize demonstrations in my city and occasionally I edit OpenStreetMap.
I volunteer for Tafel (meals on wheels). The former chairman of my wife’s band runs the logistics side and that’s how I got introduced.
I’m considering volunteering for the local shelter to pick up animals since I’m doing a lot of driving anyway.
Started online with translations and such then checked out groups in my area, didn’t fit. Went to a regular’s table, found some people there who did interesting stuff, asked if I can volunteer there, now doing that for a couple of years and started my own project that is quite successful. Wouldn’t want to miss it.
