A former student of mine is heavily involved with Critter Crusaders.
We donate all of our used cans to them now.
Friday OT #2 - Acts of Service
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We donate all of our used cans to them now.
I have a similar story only substitute in 6th grade girls softball for the flag football.
After half a summer season of that, I gave it up.
Strongly believe that a good education is the best way to lift up everyone in society so I donate monthly to the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth.
Also donate monthly to the ACLU for reasons that I won't talk about in this thread.
Coached high school (10th grade) bball and assisted the JV team one winter. It was fun and I had a solid experience but it's a lot of work when trying to work full time.
Several of the breweries around me have volunteer groups so have gotten involved in a couple of them. It's fun because you get to do a lot of different volunteer things rather than always doing the same thing over and over.
Also donate monthly to the ACLU for reasons that I won't talk about in this thread.
Coached high school (10th grade) bball and assisted the JV team one winter. It was fun and I had a solid experience but it's a lot of work when trying to work full time.
Several of the breweries around me have volunteer groups so have gotten involved in a couple of them. It's fun because you get to do a lot of different volunteer things rather than always doing the same thing over and over.
Used to help coach middle school mock trial and high school academic teams; still help run academic meets
Take some shifts at battered women’s shelter
In past have been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
Musical liturgy and money counter at church
Run church blood drive and donate blood
Help once a week at local food pantry
Work football concessions to help high school band and that job is brutal
Do some gardening for food pantry garden
Getting too old for some of this stuff but also have the time. Just getting out of football concessions would help but scary when the school superintendent needs a calculator to add up popcorn and a pop.
Take some shifts at battered women’s shelter
In past have been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
Musical liturgy and money counter at church
Run church blood drive and donate blood
Help once a week at local food pantry
Work football concessions to help high school band and that job is brutal
Do some gardening for food pantry garden
Getting too old for some of this stuff but also have the time. Just getting out of football concessions would help but scary when the school superintendent needs a calculator to add up popcorn and a pop.
Love this. Used to babysit a girl with spina bifida when I was in high school. Such a sweet child. Cried buckets when she passed away.
Youve probably seen me at the can drive lol. We were there all the time at the bigger bldg, less so at the quonset hut.
I'm the treasurer of the structural engineers association of Iowa. Also coach my son's bball team.
I started assistant coaching my daughter's soccer team despite never having played the sport. I ended up coaching about 7 or 8 years between the kids.
I volunteer in the Knights of Columbus for a variety of things.
Mrs. Velo and I are regular Eucharistic Ministers at the church and daughter serves or runs the power point for Masses.
I used to help with people who were converting during their Mass dismissal - I did that for about 7 years.
Mrs. Velo has taught a variety of classes for the church. Better her than me on that one. She also is on the board of the school's soccer booster club.
Mrs. Velo ran the Vacation Bible School for about 5 years. That meant that I was 'volunteered' to create the sets for it each year. It was pretty cool but a hell of a lot of work. I was glad to finally get my Fathers Day back when she retired from that.
I volunteer in the Knights of Columbus for a variety of things.
Mrs. Velo and I are regular Eucharistic Ministers at the church and daughter serves or runs the power point for Masses.
I used to help with people who were converting during their Mass dismissal - I did that for about 7 years.
Mrs. Velo has taught a variety of classes for the church. Better her than me on that one. She also is on the board of the school's soccer booster club.
Mrs. Velo ran the Vacation Bible School for about 5 years. That meant that I was 'volunteered' to create the sets for it each year. It was pretty cool but a hell of a lot of work. I was glad to finally get my Fathers Day back when she retired from that.
We volunteered there on a missions trip to Colorado in high school. I think I still have scars on my hands from peeling potatoes incredibly poorly.
They have somebody that plays Christian music lunch along with Creed songs. It’s kind of uplifting
. It’s good for me lolYou must have a high tolerance for rude idiots. Youth sports would be nicer without certain parents there. Thank you for doing the job though.
Well I'm kind of sad compared to most folks on here. But I donate blood every time my 16 wks is up (double reds) and donated convalescent plasma as often as I was allowed after catching the Covid.
Its totally local. There are other groups that do similar, but not associated. Thanks for the can donations! With covid they havent been able to do a lot of their fundraisers, and the can program has been an absolute lifesaver- literally saving cat and dog lives.
We have also fostered 2 dogs, a cat, and currently a very sick hampster. We kept the cat lol.
