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Show Of Hands December 20th, 2016 7:52pm

Did you do any volunteer or charity work in 2016?

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rebelfury76
12/22/16 4:33 am

I volunteer with a hospice program

smoothboy1982 Lexington Ky
12/21/16 8:01 pm

I've done a couple. Feed the homeless drug addicts lunch which was on my birthday. Also I did volunteer work with job to help build a home with habitat for humanity

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mommamia illinois
12/21/16 4:37 pm

I belong to an organization called Zonta International. It is an organization of professionals from around the world who work on behalf of women and children through service and advocacy programs. I am the advocacy chairperson for the club I belong to and our club is very active in our community.

I also volunteer for the local sexual assault center as a client advocate. I'm actually on call right now.

I also volunteer at my church. I do children's sermons once a month throughout the school year and also throughout the entire summer. In addition, I am a lay reader, a communion assistant, and a member of my pastors leadership team.

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ally728 New York
12/21/16 1:33 pm

I've been volunteering to teaching economics to 4th graders and it's great!!!! The kids are so much fun

BOC1977
12/21/16 6:55 am

We live in Nashville, a city that actually does sleep sometimes. Long after everyone has gone to bed, I take a volunteer or my daughters with me to the public square park downtown and various areas in the sprawling downtown commercial district and hand out free food and free blankets. I think it's impotant for people to see poverty and homelessness up front.

chrism75 Dixie
12/20/16 8:05 pm

Did a park clean-up with my sons Trail Life USA Troop. m.facebook.com/TrailLifeUSABatesvilleAR/

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SHIPPY1944 Tn.
12/20/16 5:45 pm

No, just contributed to several of them👍🏻❗

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IrishAlzheimers oakland, ca
12/20/16 6:34 pm

You know if you have enough time to go on SOH then you can volunteer once a week for 3 hours. Its great karma and you learn a lot.

SHIPPY1944 Tn.
12/20/16 7:54 pm

Irish, I said no, just to see, who would lecture the selfish, mean Ol'Conservative, on what "you" think they should be doing. It's true my wife & I give yearly to several charities, including, Wounded Warriors (we have been monthly contributors, since it was founded), CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Abused & neglected children( both of us, contributors & volunteers both 10 to 30 hrs. monthly,for approx.10yrs). Both members of Civitan Club, (we contribute & support Special Olympics & Special needs school, with our money & time). We also participate with our Church, we go visiting, plus taking meals to sick & elderly. I won't bore you or embarrass myself by mentioning anything else. I'm sure a your generous with your time & money, but I won't demand accountability or demean your efforts. Merry Christmas🎄❗

IrishAlzheimers oakland, ca
12/20/16 8:07 pm

You know those people who give money but never feel the cause. Those people who give their kids money and no love. Just making sure. Merry Christmas 🍻

ncbuc Get Over It
12/20/16 5:11 pm

Not yet. Delivering meals and gifts Christmas Day.

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GrandmaALiCE
12/20/16 4:59 pm

Volunteer at my synagogue's Holocaust education program. We teach about 4000 middle school students every year.

www.shaareytikvah.org/face-to-face

If you click on "About Face to Face," that's me and my husband in the middle picture.


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JulieB Texas Lake House
12/20/16 9:56 pm

Thanks for sharing the web site, GA. Nice picture! I was very interested in the Face-to-Face program, and read the profiles of each of the speakers. I'm going to go back and watch some of the videos. I find the whole thing tragic yet fascinating, and I am interested in hearing the survivors' stories.

GrandmaALiCE
12/20/16 10:04 pm

Thanks! There are tons of survivor stories at ushmm.org. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

TreeHugs Oregon
12/20/16 4:03 pm

I work for the food bank every other month picking up donations from folks that live near me.

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Zod Above Pugetropolis
12/20/16 3:56 pm

I didn't work at all this year, for pay, for free, or even just for fun.

Plaudible college CS major
12/20/16 3:44 pm

I've done 300 hours for scholarships this year alone :D

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KatG Liberal in Ohio
12/20/16 2:57 pm

I volunteer on the volunteer fire dept here in town I'm on the ladies auxiliary. We do a lot for the community. Fire safety activities for the kids, mock accidents for MADD at prom time, etc. When there is a big structure fire, we take food and beverages out to the crews battling it and also sit with the family. If needed, we hunt down clothes, blankets, etc. That's usually for fires late at night in the winter time.

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IrishAlzheimers oakland, ca
12/20/16 6:46 pm

Nice. I volunteer for the Berkeley fire department because I have an emt cert.

ronderman North Carolina
12/20/16 2:38 pm

Countless hours at the kid's school. Countless hours at work. Others as well.

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Tesla Florida
12/20/16 2:33 pm

Yes, quite a lot actually.

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FIAT2LUX On Planet Earth
12/20/16 2:21 pm

Yep. I did volunteer work for Civil Air Patrol, Air Force ROTC, and one class at my university, the latter two of which were done "for" them but through other organizations.

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Gilgamesh muh wage gap
12/20/16 2:11 pm

Somewhere around 100 hours due to NJROTC.

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Blarney Wrightville
12/20/16 1:37 pm

Does it count if it's court ordered??

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Liberty 4,032,064
12/20/16 2:46 pm

That wouldn't be voluntary or charity, so no.