You can give your time, a note of love, a listening ear, and much more within a few seconds. Find a service opportunity you can do right now.
These activities below come from organizations that I’ve worked with and/or have had on my Podcast (which you should totally check out!). Many, if not all, can be done online!
Have a virtual service opportunity to share? Contact me.
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Write a Letter to a Refugee in Greece
Featured on TBV Podcast Season 1, Episode 2 Loving the Neighbor Overseas: Carolina Zubler, Co-founder of Voices of Migrants, makes virtual service a possibility
With just a click, you can send a note to someone overseas. This campaign is sponsored by Voices of Migrants. Check out the podcast I had with their co-founder, Carolina Zubler.
Become a Pen Pal
Featured on TBV Podcast Season 1, Episode 2 Loving the Neighbor Overseas: Carolina Zubler, Co-founder of Voices of Migrants, makes virtual service a possibility
Voices of Migrants has started a program to pair people up with a migrant in a community abroad. Register now. Available for Spanish and English-speakers. Note: long-term commitment required.
Kinds words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother teresa
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Valorarte
Featured on TBV Podcast Season 1, Episode 4 Valorarte empieza ahora: Anabella Espinosa, fundadora de Valorarte, nos cuenta su historia
Speak Spanish? Want to find a community of strong women and girls like you to boost your confidence? Join Valorarte and check out all the various meetings, events and volunteering that they do together. Listen to my interview with the founder and leader, Anabella Espinola, on my podcast.
Best Buddies
Build a new friendship! Pictured above is Molly Sullivan, a student at Marquette University, with her best buddy. Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). It’s an awesome and beloved program. Make a new friend today! There are also other ways to get involved, like attending a fundraising event or doing a 5K.
Open Mind
Featured on TBV Podcast Season 1, Episode 1 Tejiendo la Sociedad Con Cariño: Lorena Giménez
Are you a young leader interested in connecting with other students around Latin America? Participate in Open Mind, an organization committed to the exchange of ideas between people to better shape this world. Apply to be a volunteer or part of the debate team.
Special Olympics
Love sports and want to share that passion with others? Join Special Olympics! The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Molly Sullivan (pictured above to the right) has been an active member and loves the program. Consider participating!
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi