I have recently been racking my brains to figure out ways to volunteer. I, of course, need something that allows me to bring my children and honestly, I just don't have the time yet for a steady gig. Thankfully, one of my awesome homeschool mom friends put together a great little opportunity for us to help out. We spent the late morning hours, along with many other homeschoolers and people from her neighborhood, cleaning up the greenspace around their creek. It was a perfect introduction to volunteer work for my son. I figure he is almost 7 and I want to get him started early! Every child needs to know that it's important to help. Whether you're delivering meals to the elderly, picking up trash in the greenbelt, fostering needy dogs, or collecting toys for orphaned children in war-torn countries... it is GOOD TO HELP! I want him to know the pride of a hard day's work, I want him to know that every little bit DOES count. And granted, spending 2 hours picking up trash isn't going to make a huge global impact, it's planting that seed and if everyone else did the same, it WOULD make a huge impact. My goal is to find at least one volunteering opportunity a month for us to participate in. And eventually, the Piggy will grow and we will be able to participate at a higher level, as we did find out it's hard to muck through the underbrush and the creek when you have to keep an eye on a toddler!
I was VERY proud of the Monkey Man! He kind of whined and moaned on the way, but once we arrived and he saw all of the other kids participating, he jumped right into it and 6 full bags of trash later he was one pooped out camper and ready for some water and a nice lunch! I think he had fun and I think he was proud of himself as well and that's awesome! We'll keep you posted on future adventures. It's all about trying to be good humans, now if we could get alot more folks to follow suit! So check your area, there are ALWAYS things that need to be done!
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The value is people volunteer for reasons that they want to meet other individuals who are in need and contribute largely to community. Some people would want to gain experience, develop skills, enhance confidence and increase the network of contacts for a future job. One thing also why volunteer work is to be part of the community because we sometimes take it for granted and our traditional values was being rejected. Volunteer jobs is eventually about serving others and giving an impact on other people well-being. Volunteering is a sense of achievement and motivates us to give our time and share your skills.
Welcome Shane! Thanks for visiting and taking time to post links, they are great and quite informative! I can't wait until my kids are a little older and we can do things abroad, it would be such a wonderful experience. Not only to offer our help but to learn about other cultures and customs. Again, thanks for dropping in, come back and visit anytime!
So glad you brought your crew!
I was glad to get to meet you, and so happy with the job we all did, and thrilled that the county showed up promptly to haul off everything we collected -- and even the cab of that pickup! Thanks for joining us.
They everything off! Holy crap! I was not expecting that! Hooray for the county on a job well done then!
Oh and Chris, I was so pleased to meet you as well and I look forward to working more with you and that awesome wife of yours on other projects!
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