Communities depend on volunteers. Volunteering is probably the most beneficial way for you to help your community. President Bush thought it important enough to address it in his state of the union address. Bush stated “We will make a determined attack on need by promoting the compassionate act of others. We will rally the armies of compassion in our communities to fight a very different war against poverty and hopelessness, a daily battle waged house to house and heart to heart.” Whether you live in a small town or a large city there are many opportunities for volunteers. In my speech I hope to inform you of the benefits, rewards and effects you have on your community if you were to become a volunteer. Also I want to give you ideas on how you might find the right opportunity for you.

Volunteering has endless possibilities. At your child’s school you can volunteer to help with art projects, reading to their class, or helping out at class parties or events. You can volunteer with the school PTA. Volunteer at the community youth center. In your church volunteer to help out with the summer events or the youth group. Give someone a ride to the doctors office who otherwise has

All these are great ways for you to get involved in your community but they are not the only way. Not everyone that needs help is helped through programs. You can help people with almost not effort. Here is a scenario. You have to take your child to a scout meeting. You have noticed a single mom down the road from you has a child that attends the same meeting. She has smaller children. You see it’s a hassle for her to load up all her children to get her child to that meeting, and then has to sit outside in the parking lot for an hour while she waits for the meeting to end. It would be a waste of time and money for her to go back home and unload the children just to load them up again in twenty minutes to go back to town and pick up the child. It would be pretty effortless for you to pick up that child and take him/or her with you and then drop the child off at home when the meeting was over. To you its no big deal. But to that mom you took a lot of work off her. You have made a difference for her.

There are volunteer opportunities in other areas too. Your local library might need someone to restock the shelves, or run the children’s reading program. Also there may be a program where you can help someone learn to be rather it be a child or an adult. The local Senior citizen center is a good place to volunteer. They may have ways for you to provide friendship and community activities to the senior citizens. A childcare center would also benefit from a volunteer. If your community has a crisis nursery they depend on community support to keep them going. You could help with getting donations, supplies , or volunteers to help. Habitat For Humanity builds and gives houses to poor people in local communities. Volunteers not only help others but can learn a great deal about building houses by getting involved. The Special Olympics is an

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