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Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Tucson in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Tucson nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine with...

Top 9 Volunteer Opportunities in Portland in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Portland nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine with...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in San Jose in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great San Jose nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine with...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Washington D.C in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Washington, D.C., nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Columbus in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Columbus nonprofit? Whether you’re new to Columbus and want to learn about the city’s charities, trying to change up your routine...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in San Diego in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great San Diego nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine with...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Philadelphia in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Philadelphia nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine...

Four Little Words To Help You Plan a Summer to Remember

by Grace Kennedy Planning your best summer of service ever is a great way to beat the winter blues, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Let’s keep it simple...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Phoenix in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Phoenix nonprofit? Whether you’re new to Phoenix and want to learn about the city’s charities, trying to change up your routine...

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Seattle in 2019

Want to volunteer or intern at a great Seattle nonprofit? Whether you’re new to the city and want to learn about its charities, trying to change up your routine with...

5 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Meaning

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. I’m still rounding up stray pine needles stuck in the rug and eating the few remaining arms and legs of broken gingerbread...

How to Find Local Volunteer Opportunities

Many of us are passionate about wanting to take the opportunity to volunteer and give back to our local community. It’s not always easy to find the best way to get...

Health Benefits of Giving

A 2013 study in the journal BMC Public Health examined the effect of formal volunteering on one’s physical and...

5 Celebrities Who Celebrate Earth Day Every Day

Earth Day may only come once a year, but these celebrities show us how to give back like it’s Earth day, every day! Do more than be inspired by their work and have a hands on celebration of your own. Each celebrity is paired with a nonprofit doing work for the environment that you can support.

10 Volunteer Opportunities Where You Can Cuddle Animals

Whether you have your own zoo back home or need some more animal loving in your life, volunteer with animals and your mood will be instantly lifted. Here’s a collection of places you can snuggle animals and give back at the same time.

Top 10 Volunteer Opportunities in Denver in 2019

Are you looking for a place to volunteer in Denver? Hear from people who have already volunteered or interned in Denver about what nonprofits they love and why.

How You Can Help Foster Children Without Becoming a Foster Parent

In 2014, there were 415,129 kids in foster care. These children were pulled from all types of situations and asked to leave behind everything they’d ever known.

5 Ways Volunteering Can Help You Get a Job

Not only does volunteering increase your happiness, but it allows you to make a difference in someone else’s life. The benefits don’t stop there though, it gets even better.

Giving back can seriously help out your career.

Volunteering experience adds an edge to your resume and can hook you up with valuable connections. Check out these five ways that it can give your career a boost.

#GivingTuesday is Here! …Now What?

So the day we’ve all been waiting for is here! #GivingTuesday – a national movement and brainchild of the 92nd Street Y– The idea is to create a daylong national...

Education A to Z

The summer months certainly flew by. Suddenly we are faced with the usual barrage of “Back-to-School” sales, lists of school supplies to buy, and getting...