Good feedback Ginger. I think volunteering is a job ( thing that one can do at/for organizations that are well known to want and to accept them. Volunteering to cut my neighbors lawn or shovel his driveway is another, different type of volunteering. I’ve done both but more of the second one I mentioned.
Moving east after living in California for some formative years I immediately introduced myself to my neighbor after moving there, then it snowed and I shoveled his walk and driveway, I offered to bring Steve and Jane “ a plate “ that first Thanksgiving. I moved east on Halloween.
Shortly after arriving at my brother and sis-in-laws for T-giving dinner their phone rand and the sis in law answered the phone and her face changed quickly, she handed me the phone shaking her head. It was Steve calling asking “ where the hell are you?!?! We’re HUNGRY!
I happened to laugh and told him that I was on my way. I prepared two plates while my sis in law expressed her horror at his words and in-gratitude.
They were only two miles away so I got there quickly and they were already sitting at the small kitchen table set with plastic knife and fork, packets of salt and pepper from MacDonalds and already used paper toweling that wasn’t too dirty. I saw poverty and I felt like Santa Claus coming early.
I helped these people until the both died. Several people in town wondered why I helped that because Steve had a tendency to address all things that he thought badly about. He honestly embarrassed me yelling at anyone who bothered him.
After a few years he held my arm like a date and introduced me as his son.
His only son had disowned him 20 years earlier.
When Steve died it was revealed that he left everything to his son but the son got nothing because Steve’s reverse mortgage ate up everything of value.
I still volunteer and I’m working on creating a 501c3 to help Veterans