Volunteering is a fun and meaningful way you can spend quality time together as a family, while teaching children the importance of service to others. You and your family can participate in service projects each month. Want more? Select an agency to volunteer with on a regular basis or learn about project ideas you can do at home to address local and national community needs. Get more information on volunteering with our programs or help planning your own service project: Service Projects Volunteer & Project Planning Resources

Service Projects

• Flexible Volunteer Projects: Pick a project that fits your family's schedule and is close to home. No ongoing commitment is required. Protect the environment, feed the hungry, work with people with disabilities, care for animals, visit with seniors, find a special volunteer event, and more.

• Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities: Get involved and make a difference as a family. Make an ongoing commitment - there’s something for everyone!

• Guide to Youth Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer San Diego has developed a comprehensive directory of agencies listing their volunteer and service-learning opportunities. These agency projects are ideal for you and your family to get involved and volunteer.

Volunteer & Project Planning Resources

• Project resources: Want to plan your own service project? Check out these project ideas, planning tips and funding resources.

• FamilyCares: No matter how you define "family," volunteering together benefits your family, community, and the nation at large. The FamilyCares program, an initiative of the Points of Light Foundation, helps to promote compassion through hands-on family projects that will help others in need.

• Days of Service are national opportunities for people to volunteer for service projects and activities throughout the year. Join the more than 20 million people who volunteer each year for a Day of Service.


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