Kid Involvement

The past two Saturdays have been spent with the kiddos and their friends.  We were going to help clean a church but since they were done we ventured to the animal shelter.  They are always looking for help if anything to help play with the animals and walk them.  We have been able to walk away these past two saturdays with no animals which for me that is progress. Hahaha  It is hard to walk away from such beautiful animals.  Yesterday there were many MANY volunteers so we didn't need to do much but we were still able to be there and give the animals some attention.

Squash Volunteers

Starting this year off right by taking my kiddos to the food pantry to volunteer.  We were there for about an hour and a half and I am so impressed with my kids.  It got tiring and boring for them but we finished all the boxes of squash.  

 Loading the train with bags of squash

 Look at all those boxes that we bagged 6 squashes to a bag

Super strong kiddos

Exciting Discovery

This holiday season I really REALLY wanted to help out and volunteer at a soup kitchen and food pantry and truthfully I want to volunteer anywhere I can.  I never was able to get a hold of the soup kitchen but I did go into our local food pantry to ask them what the rules are about volunteering.  We can pretty much go in during working hours and help  out where ever they need help.  It is even more exciting that our kids can come as long as there is an adult present.  SCORE!!

My husband has seen my excitement to volunteer so he has been asking places about their volunteer policies.  We have found that it is mostly for non profit organizations but anywhere will take volunteers.  Some have a little more paper work than the next but there are still many good causes to help out with.

If you google you city and volunteer options you will get a ginormous mother load of options to pursue. One site I found was Volunteer Match where you can put in your city and what cause you are interested in and it will magically bring one up.

Check it out!!  Make someone SMILE today!! :)