Volunteering as a family is a great way to connect with your community and each other. Make time for what matters most this summer with these fun and family-friendly volunteer activities.
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Volunteering as a family: 7 opportunities to give back together
By Darcy Hughes on May 9, 2023
Topics: inspiration
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7 Ways to Honor Black History this February and Beyond
By Darcy Hughes on February 15, 2023
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. This list offers a few ways to delve deeper into Black history and support a more equitable future.
Topics: nonprofit resources social justice inspiration advocacy
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7 Ways Show your Love on Valentine’s Day
By Elysia Gabe on February 13, 2023
Valentine’s Day is a great time to come together and celebrate love—and there are a lot more ways to do that than is typically associated with the holiday! Love is about expressing compassion, generosity, and kindness to others. That’s why we’re highlighting 7 ways to volunteer and put that love into action.
Topics: inspiration
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For the Love of Volunteering: A gift both given and received
By Guest Contributer on January 26, 2023
SNAPkids is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children with disabilities by providing community-based swimming and fitness activities. By providing volunteers with a chance to work closely with our special swimmers, we open hearts, change attitudes and create more respectful, inclusive, and just communities. Learn more at: snapkids.org
Topics: inspiration local volunteering Stories from the Field
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Tutor a child, change a life.
By Guest Contributer on January 17, 2023
School on Wheels is an organization enhancing educational opportunities for children who are experiencing homelessness from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
- 1/3 of unhoused people are under the age of 18
- 1:20 children in CA don’t have homes
- 64% of children experiencing homelessness do not graduate high school
Topics: virtual volunteering inspiration local volunteering Stories from the Field
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Pledge to volunteer in the new year!
By Darcy Hughes on December 7, 2022
One thing I have learned as a marketer on a small team is that making content that serves multiple audiences or multiple purposes is invaluable. The same goes for our efforts in life. We only have limited energy and hours in the day so we need to be efficient—this is how I approach New Year's resolutions.
Topics: inspiration
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The Process was Magic: How a Creative, Skills-Based Volunteer Opportunity Became a Documentary Short
By Darcy Hughes on November 14, 2022
In 2020, Cedar Schimke, Executive Director of Slow Food Minnesota, posted an opportunity on VolunteerMatch, seeking creative volunteers to tell her organization's story. At the same time, filmmaker Kish Daniels was looking on VolunteerMatch for an engaging, skills-based project. He saw Cedar's posting and clicked the button, "I Want to Help," what came next was a project neither party could have expected.
Topics: inspiration local volunteering
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Senior Prom celebrates life, love, and legacies of resistance for LGBTQ+ retirees
By Guest Contributer on October 4, 2022
Guest Post by Luisa Conlon, Director of Senior Prom
As we celebrate National LGBTQ+ History Month this October, we can work together to raise up the experiences and voices of our LGBTQ+ elders, and learn about the sacrifices so many of them made to get us here.
Topics: social justice inspiration advocacy Films
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11 Ways to Support More Diverse Communities and Workplaces
By Erin Halley on September 30, 2022
Published 10/6/21 and updated on 9/30/22
Each of us has the power to create more compassionate and inclusive communities in different aspects of our lives whether at home, school, work, or in our neighborhood. October provides a variety of opportunities to celebrate diversity, learn more about each other, and strengthen our communities by giving back. Explore 12 ways you can do just that!
Topics: virtual volunteering inspiration advocacy local volunteering
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Planting the Seeds for Change during National Adult Education Week
By Darcy Hughes on September 22, 2022
This week is National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week and we want to show some #LocalLove to Literacy Minnesota, the only statewide, volunteer literacy organization in Minnesota.
Sophie Phan, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator and volunteer for Literacy Minnesota, believes in English literacy as a powerful means to broaden educational and economic opportunities for immigrants and refugees in the United States. Sophie immigrated from Vietnam to Minnesota when she was five years old, grew up as a voracious reader, and believes in the power of stories to motivate and inspire.