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        VOLUNTEERING

Have you ever thought about volunteering your time to a local charity or community organization? There are many different reasons for you to start volunteering:
To help others
To learn about an activity/organization that interests you and where you can help them advance
To beat boredom ( so you can quit being a couch potato and do something constructive with your time)
To overcome a loss you have experienced (one of the best ways to help yourself in a time of loss is to help others)
To gain perspective on life (you can also get a better idea of what interest you)
 

Homeless Shelters
 If you live in a city of any size, then there is at least one homeless shelter that helps homeless people with meals, beds and other services. Most homeless shelters welcome volunteers and have a variety of programs through which you can get involved. You might help prepare or distribute meals, work behind the scenes in the business office, help organize a food drive to stock the pantry, etc. Look in the phone book for a local homeless shelter if you are interested.Any food bank will offer similar opportunities in your area. Look in the phone book for a local food bank if you are interested.

TEXAS VOLUNTEER                               FOOD BANK OF THE RGV
Frotze Kormeier                                           (956) 682- 8110
Regional Volunteer Director                           contact: Janie Saldana
P.O. Box 960
Edinburg, Texas 78540
2520 S. "I" Rd./78539
Voice: (956) 316-8205
Fax: (956) 316-8338
e-mail: frotze.kormeier@dhs.state.tx.us

Environmental Organizations

The Sierra Club (and numerous other environmental groups) encourages volunteer support to help with environmental activities. You can help in many ways: by helping lobby on conservation issues, by leading hikes and other activities, or by lending a hand at the Chapter Office. Contact the local office of an environmental organization near you.

Political Campaigns

If it's an election year, there are thousands of opportunities to volunteer in political campaigns around the country. You can learn more than you imagine by helping a candidate win election. Pick a candidate whose ideas you believe in (either on the local, state or national level) and volunteer to be a part of his or her campaign.

  
Web site creation
 Many small charities and organizations do not yet have web sites. You can help by learning how to create a web site and volunteering your services. You could also raise money to pay for the web site, or seek help from a local company in the form of a donation. When creating a web site for a charity, you will want to take care to listen very carefully to the people who work for the charity to understand exactly what they want their web site to look and feel like. This will be extremely important to them, and you should be willing to change and improve the site to match their mental image.

Hospital Volunteer

Most hospitals have different types of volunteer opportunities. But most do require for you to be 18 years of age or older.  Here in the Rio Grand Valley the opportunities abound.  You can volunteer at the Mission Hospital and Edinburg Regional Center.

Mission Hospital at (965) 580-9289

Edinburg Regional Medical Center (956) 388-6612

created by: Claudia E. Olvera