Volunteering Retire and Volunteer, Nonprofit List, List of Charities Perhaps you are interested in volunteering for a charity

or non-profit, but don't know where to start. A list of contact information and Web addresses is provided below to help you. Volunteering is rewarding. It makes you feel like you are accomplishing somethingthat you are giving back that you are helping people. Volunteering also gives you the opportunity to meet people, make new friends and get out of the house. You can volunteer a day or two a week or in some cases even a few hours a day. Of course there are some seniors that volunteer every day and many who volunteer weeks or even months at a time.According to N Morrow-Howell, J Hinterlong , PA Rozario and F.Tang."Older adults who volunteer and who engage in more hours of volunteering report higher levels of well-being."
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at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. When youre not walking a dug, grooming a horse or mending a fence you can take a trip to nearby Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon is only a 90 minute drive. There is no charge to volunteer and Best Friends has cabins and cottages priced from $60 to $140 a night. There are also many nearby hotels and resorts that offer a discount to volunteers at Best Friends. Click here for more information
Work and Volunteer check with volunteerinternational.org Volunteer at tax time. Work

directly with low-income families or seniors by volunteering to prepare their federal and state income tax returns. Choose between two IRS-sponsored, national programs the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), which trains volunteer tax preparers to work with families eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, or Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE), which trains volunteer tax preparers to work primarily with seniors, taxpayers 60 and over. For more information and tax preparation sites near you, visit http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/IRS-Tax-Volunteers. There are so many ways you can help! From preparing a meal for our families to helping with house work, or volunteering at a fundraising event.
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Volunteer your time in bite sized chunks, from your home, on demand and on your own terms. Benefit worthy causes to suit your lifestyle. Dip in and dip out with absolutely no commitment. Skilled / non-skilled actions available Click here for more information and to reach Help From Home. Help From Home is based in Cardiff, United Kingdom Volunteer to teach English, French or mathematics in Cambodia. Also needed are professionals who can write Project Proposals for education projects and Organic Agriculture projects.Volunteers must pay for their own transportation and expenses but have the satisfaction helping children in Boeung Tumpon, Phnom Penh city and in Vihearsour commune, Khsach Kandal district, Kandal Province. For information go to www.hrado.org

Tel: +855 (0) 23 678 00 20 (Office Phone) Mobile Phone: +855 (0) 16 88 4003 E-mail: HradoCambodia@yahoo.com Mentor students online Want to share your personal and professional experiences to help make a difference in a young persons life? Evidence shows that e-mentoring has many of the same benefits as face-to-face mentoring, helping students stay in school and increasing the likelihood they will attend college or pursue their chosen career path. Click here Senior Corps connects todays 55+ with the people and organizations that need them most. It helps them become mentors, coaches or companions to people in need, or contribute their job skills and expertise to community projects and organizations. Volunteers receive guidance and training so they can make a contribution that suits their talents, interests, and availability. You can find full details, as well as the local office, at Senior Corps Volunteer Match helps seniors find places to volunteer. Just enter your ZIP code and you will see all kinds of local volunteer opportunities that are posted by charities and nonprofits. VolunteerMatch has helped hundreds of thousands find rewarding volunteer positions and their site lists the actual numbers for the major cities as well as some of the organizations that are what they call non-profit partners. If you are looking for help or if you are looking to provide help to America's Small Businesses check out SCORE which has helped more than 7.5 million small businesses. SCORE's 10,500 volunteer counselors have more than 600 business skills. Volunteers are working or retired business owners, executives and corporate leaders who share their wisdom and lessons learned in business. Join SCORE Be a mentor. Help a small business owner succeed. SCORE's 10,500 volunteers give free, confidential advice to help hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs each year. SCORE business coaches-men and women, working and retired-counsel hundreds of thousands of small business owners from nearly 400 offices nationwide. For information on the Peace Corp 50+ click here The Peace Corps offers a unique experience to make a difference around the world and bring the benefits of that experience back home. The personal and professional rewards of Peace Corps service last a lifetime.Deciding to apply to the Peace Corps takes research and deliberation. The following web sections are a great resource as you explore opportunities to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer. AARP volunteer resource center. Tell them about your interests and availability and they will get back to you with ways you can help. Boomer volunteering. Check out the Corporation for National & Community Service Check out Points of Light is one of the worlds leading volunteer organization with more than 20 years of history and a bipartisan legacy, Points of Light connects people to volunteer

opportunities by interest and zip code.

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Idealist.org is a nonprofit clearinghouse. The job board recently has thousands of jobs as well as a database of 80,000 nonprofits. The Idealist Volunteer Resource Center can connect you to jobs but they are unpaid Nonprofit Jobs Center has both paid part-time and full-time jobs and unpaid board of director type openings. Commongood Careers is a search firm that places directors and managers into nonprofit organizations The Philanthropy News Digest Jobs Board has openings at foundations and nonprofits. The NonProfit Job Career Center allows you to search by keyword, field, location, salary, level (entry, experienced or internship) and required education. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has a Jobs page with jobs in the fundraising, executive, programming and administrative areas. Contact information for charities and non-profits: Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org/ Click on "volunteer" American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/involved/index Site shows you how to get involved American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/volunteer-opportunities/?loc=footer American Foundation for AIDS Research http://www.thebody.com/amfar/amfar.html Click on "Volunteer opportunities" American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 Click on "local information" and choose a state American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/volunteer/0,1082,0_325_,00.html

Contact local chapter or call 800-435-7669 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals http://www.aspca.org/. Enter "volunteer in the search box Animal Welfare Institute http://www.awionline.org/ e-mail them for volunteer information Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/ Click on "become a volunteer" Boy Scouts of America http://www.scouting.org/ Click on "site map" screen down to "volunteer opportunities" CARE http://www.careusa.org/?source=www.care.org Click on "get involved" Catholic Charities http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/ Click on "how to join" Child Welfare League of America http://www.cwla.org/ Click on "membership" Girl Scouts of the USA http://www.girlscouts.org/ Go to "search" and type in "volunteer" Greenpeace USA http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/ Click on "get active" Guide Dog Foundation http://www.guidedog.org/Voluntr/voluntr.htm Click on the volunteer programs Helen Keller Services for the Blind http://www.helenkeller.org/ Click on "site map" and then click on "how to become a volunteer"

IRS Tax Volunteers Volunteer Income Tax Assistance/Tax Counseling for the Elderly http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/IRS-Tax-Volunteers Jewish National Fund http://www.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Donation_Opportunities Click on "volunteer" Make-A-Wish Foundation http://www.wish.org/ Click on "volunteer" Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mdausa.org/ Go to "ways to help" and click on "volunteer" National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/ Volunteer in our parks NAACP http://www.naacp.org/work/membership/volunteer.shtml Click on "volunteer opportunities" Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) http://www.nrdc.org/siteMap/ Protect our natural resources Lung Cancer Alliance http://lungcanceralliance.org Description: The Lung Cancer Alliance provides resources to lung cancer patients and their families. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm Go to "how to help" and click on "volunteer Mesothelioma Awareness Resources and assistance to those with asbestos related diseases provided free of charge. This is a resource and not a non-profit. Click here. Mesothelioma Group om/ The Salvation Army

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http://www.salvationarmysouth.org/about.htm Background and history St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital http://www.stjude.org/ To volunteer open http://www.stjude.org/volunteers Susan G. Komen Foundation org/ United Way http://national.unitedway.org/ "Click on volunteer opportunity

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Travel & Volunteer 10 Volunteer opportunities matadornetwork.com/change/10-volunteer-opportunities-for-freetravel/ Biosphere Expeditions, www.biosphere-expeditions.orgis a non-profit which helps bridge the gap between the scientific community and lay people who are interested in contributing to a wildlife preservation. Even sites like www.travelocity.comprovide information and links to vacation destinations where you can perform volunteer activities. Eco Tours Volunteer with Eco Tours in Uganda. If your goal is to gain hands-on, grassroots experience while sharing your skills to help local farmers conserve the environment in a rural community context, then our project is right for you. click here Executive Service Corps - www.escus.org Links retired executives to nonprofit and public service agencies where they can volunteer as a consultant Mentor - www.mentoring.org Links retirees who wish to be mentors with schools, civic associations, etc. National Retiree Volunteer Coalition - www.nrvc.org Links retirees to corporations which have a variety of educational, environmental and community programs where they can volunteer Senior Corps - www.seniorcorps.org Links retirees to local service needs and particularly to foster grandparent and senior companion programs USA Freedom Corps - www.usafreedomcorps.gov

Links retirees to volunteer opportunity throughout the US Volunteers in Medicine Institute - www.vimi.org Links retired medical professionals to opportunities which provide free services to families and people without the funds for access to this care. Volunteer in the New York City area -www.artsandbusiness-ny.org Help one of more than 240 non-profit arts organizations with your business skills. New York's Business Volunteer for the Arts program brings together arts groups with needs and business people with skills. Tell them what your skills are and how much time you can volunteer. Phone 212 279-5910 or email fsmyth@artsandbusiness-ny.orgor visit www.artsandbusiness-ny.organd click on Volunteerism. More Volunteer URLs www.volunteermatch.org Match your abilities, time and interests with participating nonprofits. www.escus.org Provides consultants for nonprofits, schools and government agencies www.score.org Help small businesses www.seniorcorps.org Federal agency places volunteers 55+ with community programs www.serviceleader.org Provides a list of US and international groups; Click on for volunteers. www.onlinevolunteering.org U.N locates volunteer projects that allow seniors to work on-line www.volunteermatch.org Match your abilities, time and interests with participating nonprofits. www.escus.org Provides consultants for nonprofits, schools and government agencies www.score.org Help small businesses www.seniorcorps.org Federal agency places volunteers 55+ with community programs www.serviceleader.org

Provides a list of US and international groups; Click on for volunteers. www.onlinevolunteering.org U.N locates volunteer projects that allow seniors to work on-line www.getinvolved.gov Awareness campaign launched by the Corporation for National and Community Service www.networkforgood.org Here you can donate, volunteer and get involved www.volunteermatch.org Volunteer with community nonprofit organizations www.idealist.org Network of 51,000+ nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries www.civicventures.org Offers programs and services to seniors interested in service www.communityresourcenetowrk.org Chicago area network for health and human services. Volunteering Executive Service Corps www.escus.org Mentor www.mentoring.org National Retiree Volunteer Coalition www.nrvc.org Senior Corps www.seniorcorpos.org USA Freedom Corps www.usafreedomcorps.gov Volunteers in Medicine www.vimi.org Links retired executives to nonprofit and public service agencies where they can volunteer as a consultant Links retirees who wish to be mentors with schools, civic associations, etc. Links retirees to corporations which have a varietyof educational, environmental and community programs where they can volunteer Links retirees to local service needs and particularly to www.seniorcorpos.org foster grandparent and senior companion programs Links retirees to volunteer opportunity throughout the US Links retired medical professionals to opportunities which Institute provide free services to families and people without the funds for access to this care.

Clinical Trials Usually sponsors of clinical trials pay most of the costs but not always. Make sure to check and remember that your insurer is still responsible for medical coverage that is not directly related to the clinical trial. Be aware that some insurance companies refuse to pay for certain claims for a patient enrolled in a clinical trial. Check this out before starting any program. Clinical Trials: Why Volunteer for Clinical Trials of Medical Treatments? The Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, is part of the U.S. government. It is the FDAs job to make sure medical treatments are safe and effective for people to use. By taking part in a clinical trial, you can try a new treatment that may or may not be better than those already available. You can also contribute to better understanding of how the treatment. Mesothelioma Guide | Participate in New Clinical Trials http://www.mesotheliomaguide.com/treatment/clinical-trials/ National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health www.clinicaltrials.org National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine www.nccam.nih.gov International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations www.ifpma.org