How do i go about volunteering at an old folks home to visit with the nice elderly people?
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Call the nursing homes in your area and ask to speak with the program director or volunteer coordinator. Good for you! God bless you! Have fun!
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i want to do something really nice like donate some of my old toys or clothes(which i've out-grown) to an orphanage
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work with the elders in the department..with that you can gain your experience
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Try the small business association for your area.  They also offer retired professional that volunteer to help you.
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Check this website. www.vso.org.uk . If you have the right skills and ambition, they are more than happy to consider you. It is a very rewarding volunteering experience and you get paid money enough to live on and given accomodation in the place you are assigned. Give them a ring or email them.
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Check with local community services organization - they often organize homecare services with senior citizens
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I think your first step would be to volunteer at one first. Once you get the hang of it you'll have MANY connections to start your own.
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check to see if there is a senior center around town, maybe she can even take a bus there, they do alot of activities also, check the library, they usually have programs going on and there are quite a few geared towards seniors
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Go on a picnic or day hike.\nGo watch kids play at the park.\nGo to one of your houses and make cookies or cupcakes together.\nGo volunteer together at a soup kitchen or something involving kids or the elderly.\nLook for free activities in your town's community calender.
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Here are 2 websites that would be a good place to start to find a place to volunteer.\n\nhttp://www.ysa.org/nysd/resource/index.cfm\n\nhttp://www.idealist.org/kt/volorgs.html#SEC35\n\nAlso, if you can't find an organization that she can volunteer through, there are lots of ways you can find things to do that aren't through a group.\n\nYou could call some of the local nursing homes and asking if they have any volunteer opportunities, maybe she could go and read or just spend time with an elderly person who doesn't have many visitors.\n\nShe could help with yard work for an elderly or infirm person in the neighborhood, or she could volunteer to go and be a "Mother's Helper" for someone with small children a couple of times a month (I would be careful with these two ideas though and only let her do it for people you have checked out and feel are safe).\n\nAs a family, you could adopt a section of road and keep it clean.\n\nYou could help her organize a clean up day at a local park for her friends and neighbors.  (Help her contact your city's parks and recreation and talk to them about it, then help her make some flyers to hand out around the neighborhood, or put up signs or whatever, get a big box of outdoor garbage bags, and go to town...)\n\nIf you attend a church of some sort, ask your Clergy Person for ways she could volunteer.\n\nThis one takes awhile, but she could let her hair grow and then donate it to Locks of Love (they use the hair to make wigs for children and adults with cancer).\n\nVolunteer with her, so she see's that not only is this something important, but it can be fun, and it can be a family thing.  Even if the volunteer job she gets isn't exactly what she has in mind now, help her to remember to stick with volunteering, because eventually she will be old enough to do more of what she might want to do, and it will be good if she has some volunteer experience, and also,  it doesn't have to be "cool" to be a volunteer job tha makes an impact on your community - in fact, it's often the "not so cool" volunteer jobs that do the most good.\n\nGood luck :-)  It sounds like your daughter has a very good heart :-)
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Ask from your grandfather , grandmother and etc.
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There is a show on PBS called "Antique roadshow" They should know, and they travel to different cities and asses things for people for free. You could also look in the phone book for an antique shop, who would have an idea. Good luck!
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take a course on CPR and basic 1st aid.offer to babysit when parents are still in the home,i will play ith them,you can get dishes done. this give parents an opportunity to see that you are interested and also how their kids interact with you. start with small families then build your way up,use families as reference. but 1st and foremost,check thelaws in your community,some have stipulations as to how old te sitter can be.good luck,robin
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I think that we should treat the elderly with kindness and consideration that we would show anyone else. You know these people have a lot to offer us and if we take the time to listen...we just might figure out where we will be in our old age. Treat them as though they have been on this planet long enough to know a thing or two.  Ask them questions about their youth, about their children their life experiences in general.  I have a few older friends  and they probably are some of the coolest people I know. Do yourself a favor...when you ask a question...be sure to listen...it is almost like unwrapping a gift you never knew you wanted.\nCherish the old...experiences don't change as much as the era's do.....you will be surprised at how similar you might be to an older person!!!
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Call them and tell them that you would like to use the facilities to see if you want to join.Most places will say yes if you will agree to take a tour of the place.Most places will give you a day pass for a nominal fee.
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You may be able to find a volunteer through local charities or voluntary advocacy services. failing that you could try to learn basic phrases in the persons mother tongue, or you can just carry on doing what you are doing and communicating on a human level, I'm sure they sense that you care and that's what really matters.
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first know what you want to do...a great place to start would be at a local hospital or your church. There is always the Salvation Army and the Goodwill. And don't forget the elderly neighbor who can't mow his or her lawn. That's also volunteering!