Five online volunteer opportunities
In light of the growing concerns around COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all in-person Global Days of Service volunteer sites. However, there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved digitally.
Be My Eyes
The organization’s goal is to make the world more accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. Through a live video connection, the Be My Eyes app connects blind users to sighted people. As a sighted volunteer, you can help blind or low-vision people solve distinct problems.
Cards for Hospitalized Kids
This internationally recognized charitable organization spreads hope, joy, and magic to hospitalized kids across the United States through uplifting, handmade cards. Anyone can get involved—just donate a few minutes of your day to make a handmade card for a child in need. Cards for Hospitalized Kids will distribute your card(s) to hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses across the nation.
Love for the Elderly
This program collects cards from around the world and mails them to elders in senior communities like nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, and senior centers. As a volunteer, you’ll take a few minutes to write a letter to a stranger to tell them about yourself, maybe say a joke or a riddle and let them know that they are loved. Making a difference can be so simple, yet it can be incredibly impactful!
Project Beauty Share
This organization provides personal hygiene, cosmetics, and beauty products to non-profit organizations that serve women and families overcoming abuse, addiction, homelessness, and poverty. Their goal is to help restore hope and dignity in their lives. Take a look at your toiletry bags to see there’s something you could donate. Ideas include makeup you’ve never used because it just “wasn’t quite right”, shampoo and conditioner bottles from the last hotel you visited, or a bottle of perfume that you purchased by mistake.
Project Linus
This project provides homemade blankets to ill and traumatized children. Join the movement by knitting or sewing a blanket for kids in hospitals, shelters or social service agencies.
How to register
The Global Days of Service site works similarly to an e-commerce website as it allows you to individually add projects to your shopping cart. To checkout, please click on the shopping cart displayed on the right-hand side.
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