Animal shelter volunteer work for 12 year olds near me

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June 7, 2022 byCorissa Hennessey

Finding Volunteer Opportunities for High Schoolers

For older students, many organizations need volunteer help and will gladly put your teenager’s enthusiastic spirit to work. Remember, extracurricular activities, like volunteer work, are essential ingredients every college portfolio needs. Here are a few online databases and search tools that can help high schoolers find community service opportunities near them:

VolunteerMatch

VolunteerMatch calls itself the web’s largest volunteer engagement network, serving over 130,000 participating nonprofits and 150 corporate network partners. Its home page features not only a volunteer opportunities search tool (usable with city or ZIP code), but lists of new, upcoming and “popular” volunteer programs “near” the user’s location. Click through on the search tool, and on the next page, click on “More Filters” to narrow your search to volunteer opportunities for kids or teens. You can also search by interest, such as education, homelessness, or hunger. 

National Park Service

Students of all ages can volunteer with the National Park Service doing everything from educational to scientific research to service projects. With parental permission, kids can participate with scout groups or as families to learn about biodiversity, local history, and more. Another benefit of volunteering with this organization is that children can stay involved when they are adults as there is a lot of variety of volunteer positions, there will always be something new to discover, and it’s an opportunity for kids to volunteer for kids and families who want to visit the parks.

Animal Shelters

Do your children love animals? Looking for volunteer programs at a local animal shelter is an effective way to get them interested in volunteering. Seek out the shelter list on ASPCA.org to find a shelter or rescue near you.

Points of Light

Points of Light is a large volunteer organization that is now a network of volunteer-mobilizing organizations that serves more than 250 cities across 37 countries. With sections for kids, teens, parents, teachers, and organizations, the website directs users to information on community service clubs, project ideas, family volunteering, and service stories. Children can visit the Clubs page to find resources and children’s volunteer opportunities in your area.

Why Volunteer?

Many traditional brick-and-mortar schools require students of all ages to complete community service hours, so don’t miss your chance to turn this time into a learning experience.

For online school students, one of the benefits of kids volunteering is that it demonstrates your family’s values in action. Start small and appropriately for your new volunteer’s age. Talk to them afterward about what they liked or found rewarding about the experience. It might be useful information if they need a gentle reminder on why volunteering is important.

To learn how you can be more involved in your children’s education and have the flexibility to layer student volunteer programs into the family schedule, check out these five sample schedules for online school students.

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