Inspiration: Common Soles

Would you do this for a stranger?

Tools : VolunteerSpot

I received a lovely email from Karen B. introducing me to Volunteer Spot. This is a very useful site to help you organise volunteer events with others.In her words - 'We provide free, simple point-and-click scheduling and signup tools to small nonprofits and individual volunteer leaders (at work, school, scouts, etc.).'
We are going to be using it soon for the volunteer events at my school..

National Service Day

Today is National Service Day. For those of us who could'nt make it outside to volunteer, scroll down and check out some of the ways to help from the comfort of your home. Lets not miss out on the historic and momentous occasion that is this day.

Inspiration : Girl Effect

It starts with just one girl. Go to Girl Effect for more info on how you can help.

NY Cares: Volunteer to help community

Task: Easily pick volunteer opportunities
Effort level: Depends
Investment: Time
Who: Anyone

So NY cares is for the NY area (I will write a post soon with more global sites) and was mentioned in the Volunteer Spotlight by Jayant. Very easy site that allows one to choose projects based on one's interest, location, and availability.
For example,did you know that NEARLY HALF of homeless shelter residents are CHILDREN? Using NY cares you can help enrich their lives by reading a bedtime story, teaching them math and/or computer skills or organize a sports game (among other things). Other projects target adults, meals, health care, environment, etc. Some require a commitment of few months but there are many that require just a couple hours. We are currently using this site to organise student groups to take part in some of these activities.