1P3 volunteering thread

phone banking for obama health care tomorrow

sister sez i have to volunteer to meet worthwhile ppl and maynbe get job hookups. it just seems like so much work.

i mean volunteering is cool but shouldn't i fcus more time on paying rent atm?
this just makes me soundl ike a bad person.

No, it is hard work! I am trying to get a volunteering gig at this one place and I have to go to like two 3 hour long orientations. I'm going to do it but between that and job hunting - argh! She's probably right that it would be a good way to meet people though.

yeah i'm sure it would

you gotta get your shit scr8 before u worry about getting everyone elses scr8 imo

scr8 or die

yall im getting ready to start this awesome volunteering gig teaching refugees english and helping them get situated in Knoxville. we have hundreds of burundian refugees here (did not know this until recently btw) and i'm excited bc this will be the first time ive been able to put any foreign language knowledge to real use

volunteer work is kind of taking over my life

i dont really care esp now that i found out volunteer work counts the same as actual employment when applying for ranger jobs - at least according to the rangers i interviewed with the other day

current shit:

• organizing a trail cleanup/maintenance day for city/county parks w/ 50 volunteers
• tutoring refugees in english
• maintaining 2 smokies trails
• fixing up/rehabbing a museum by myself in a valley of the smokies - it was abandoned and in disrepair
• gardening work for knox botanical gardens and arboretum
• phenology work
• bear work
• some possible GIS mapping work coming up?

i need a job yall

oh yeah im back with the

• elk bugle corps

I would like to know more about

bear work

Volunteering tomorrow at the biggest shelter in the city. It's just a one day thing but should be interesting.

Is it the Appalachian Bear Rescue that I'm now friends with? If so - <3

yes imo

educating little kids about bears! doing powerpoint presentations and stuff at schools and such

awwwwwww

love it

yeah not having a 'real job' has totally = increase in my volunteer stuff, even tho I actually have a fair amt of freelance paid work to do too! But I think volunteer stuff is a good way to get perspective on what yr really interested in and cld pos make a living at one day or open up work/$ opportunities, in my experience.

Latest: I am applying to be on the board of a youth health&wellness organization! :)

no bears tho :/

I volunteered this morning. It was fun. Met some weirdos.