Pitching in is not hard. A few good friends of mine are abroad teaching and volunteering in foreign countries because they felt they had to “do something”, but you don’t have to go to China or Uzbekistan (bless you, Melanie, Jon, and Bryan) to make a real difference.
VolunteerMatch will help you find local opportunities for you to volunteer by entering your zip code and a keyword like “literacy” or “environment”.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is almost everywhere and all you need to do is hang out and be yourself. PTA, Boy Scouts, the list goes on…
When I can, I volunteer at 826CHI, the Chicago chapter of a national literacy and tutoring organization. It’s almost shameful how rewarded I feel from this supposedly altruistic act. I feel fantastic after just a few hours of 2nd grade spelling. Can watching a couple episodes of “More to Love” make your whole week seem purposeful and joyous? If not, I suggest that those couple hours can be better spent enhancing YOUR life, not to mention your community.
Pitch in! You’ll thank me later.
Recently, MJM Books has become aware of the good work that Maple Star Colorado is doing to “assist young people to achieve social integration and prepare them to live in a democratic society by serving as an alternative to institutional care and providing opportunities to live in family settings.”
In plain English, they place foster kids who may not exactly feel loved, valued, or accepted into families dedicated to helping those children feel exactly that.
That is why we agreed to provide every young foster child with a personalized children’s book that will (1) show them they are special, and (2) give the child and their new caretakers an opportunity to bond and celebrate that specialness during story time.
These families are making up for lost time, and since we firmly believe that strong communities are built upon strong families, we hope to help in our small way.
I don’t want to sound overly patriotic, but I still get all misty when I hear JFK’s famous quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” There are many other inspirational quotes regarding pitching in, but two of the best are “Be the change you want to see in the world” and “Just do it.”
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Pitching in is not hard. A few good friends of mine are abroad teaching and volunteering in foreign countries because they felt they had to “do something”, but you don’t have to go to China or Uzbekistan (bless you, Melanie, Jon, and Bryan) to make a real difference.
VolunteerMatch will help you find local opportunities for you to volunteer by entering your zip code and a keyword like “literacy” or “environment”.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is almost everywhere and all you need to do is hang out and be yourself. PTA, Boy Scouts, the list goes on…
When I can, I volunteer at 826CHI, the Chicago chapter of a national literacy and tutoring organization. It’s almost shameful how rewarded I feel from this supposedly altruistic act. I feel fantastic after just a few hours of 2nd grade spelling. Can watching a couple episodes of “More to Love” make your whole week seem purposeful and joyous? If not, I suggest that those couple hours can be better spent enhancing YOUR life, not to mention your community.
Pitch in! You’ll thank me later.
Recently, MJM Books has become aware of the good work that Maple Star Colorado is doing to “assist young people to achieve social integration and prepare them to live in a democratic society by serving as an alternative to institutional care and providing opportunities to live in family settings.”
In plain English, they place foster kids who may not exactly feel loved, valued, or accepted into families dedicated to helping those children feel exactly that.
That is why we agreed to provide every young foster child with a personalized children’s book that will (1) show them they are special, and (2) give the child and their new caretakers an opportunity to bond and celebrate that specialness during story time.
These families are making up for lost time, and since we firmly believe that strong communities are built upon strong families, we hope to help in our small way.
I don’t want to sound overly patriotic, but I still get all misty when I hear JFK’s famous quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” There are many other inspirational quotes regarding pitching in, but two of the best are “Be the change you want to see in the world” and “Just do it.”
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