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volunteer work
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so in order for me to be in my schools national honors society i have to have 20 service hours and they just now told us all the hours are due feb 6!!!! i dont know where to go! i love animals so maybe theres something to do with them but idk if that helps or not but there you go.
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I do most of my NHS hours at my town's senior center. I file paperwork, clean and organize, check the bulletin board for outdated things... basic, simple things that the people working there simply don't have time for. During vacation or days off from school, ask if you can help with serving lunch. You get at least three hours each day- show up an hour or so early, and stay after to clean up) Also, consider asking a teacher at the school if they need something done that you could do, like cleaning out an office, washing sports uniforms, etc.
My chapter's advisor lets us do things at the school for hours (like if we hand out flyers at parents night or open house, we get service hours) If you know someone deeply involved with their church, see if there's a spaghetti dinner coming up or something like that.
Good luck!
-LM
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Yea I had to do 250 hrs in high school I'll tell you right now the fact that you love animals isn't going to help you at all.
I'm a huge animal lover too and I think I did maybe 3.5 of those 250 doing anything to do with animals. Guess what it was? Cleaning out kitty litter boxes. Gross. Yea.
And pretty much every animal shelter in the US isn't going to let you volunteer for them unless you're 18, or you have your parent there volunteering with you. They don't even let you get something signed by a parent and then you can work.
You'd be better off looking for a retirement home near you. I know it sounds boring but seriously, those were some of the easiest and sometimes funnest hours I ever did. You just go in and keep the residents company...most of them their family just lives far and can't come visit every day they just want someone to talk to.
Like one time I helped some lady paint her nails. It was fun and we just chatted about college and what-not...and another time I played checkers with this guy. And a lot of retirement homes have like arts and crafts time where you can help out passing out supplies, making the sample crafts, or helping the residents make theirs....
It's not the most fun thing for teenagers in 2009 granted but they enjoy it and it's a lot better than cleaning kitty litter.
Good luck hope that helps :)
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Hi there,
I don't know where you live, but if you live in a large city then there are many possibilities. Feeding the homeless at a local shelter is a good start.
If you are really lost as to where to go, the one central place you can usually find local volunteering opportunities:
Volunteers of America:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
... If they don't have something local, they may be able to point you towards someone who does.
If you can't find anything, at all... send me a city and state and I will look into it for you.
DN.
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