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Senior Ideas
by
Jen Brady
Interested in creating your own volunteer program from home?
Step 1:
Find something you care about and think of how people can help those people (or animals, nature preserves, etc.) It should be something that is easy and fun for people to do.
Step 2:
Make your website for free on
Weebly
,
WordPress
, or create something for cheap on
Squarespace
.
Step 3:
Advertise on a microvolunteer website such as
Help From Home
,
Retired Brains
,
AARP Create the Good
,
Cause Corps
,
Skills for Change
,
Giving Artfully
, and
GlobalGiving
.
For inspiration (or to volunteer for fun) check out some unique ideas:
Cheerful Givers has people make Birthday Party Bags for homeless children
Tin Box donates $1 a day
Be My Eyes lends sight to the blind
The Giving Bunny Project makes bunnies to make people happy
Wildlife Rescue Nests crochets and knits nests to keep baby animals warm
More Love Letters sends letters to people who need them
Little Dresses for Africa sews dresses for little girls
Alley Cat Allies cares for cats by getting others to Trap/Neuter/Return
American Patchwork and Quilting has created a 1 Million Pillowcase Initiative
Hungry for Music gets instruments for needy kids by volunteers who donate instruments
USAgain takes and responsibly recycles used clothes of all conditions, thus contributing to an ethical way of buying clothes and fabrics
Binky Patrol creates blankies for kids
This kind woman has made a knitting guide for knitting socks to give to charity
Check out
Learn Crochet or Knitting on the Internet for FREE!
to see more volunteer ideas about giving to others and learn to knit and crochet.
Ravelry
has some volunteer groups too. You can even be like
Lil Bub
and have a spokesanimal raise money for other pets!
You don’t even always have to use the internet to advertise or start a charity. I once met a woman who asked local senior centers to ask their crocheters and knitters to create hats and mittens for local low-income children. She would then come pick up the hats and mittens when they were ready for the kids. In a way she might have inspired me. I had always thought she was part of a large nonprofit, but I found out she is simply a lady with a great idea. I hope her story and these nonprofits inspire you to start creating to help others!
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