But what can I do?
Step 1: Educate yourself. Learn about organizations already in place in your community, and then get involved. Need a place to start?
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Your home, your community, and the world.
Serve Your Family. A list of fun and intentional ways to spend time with your children.
Serve Your Community. Ideas on ways to get involved in your community.
Serve the World. Opportunities and suggestions to help teach your kids (and yourself) a little more about the world.
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Local ideas for those of you near Asheville, North Carolina. Our family has enjoyed serving with the following organizations:
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Your home, your community, and the world.
Serve Your Family. A list of fun and intentional ways to spend time with your children.
Serve Your Community. Ideas on ways to get involved in your community.
Serve the World. Opportunities and suggestions to help teach your kids (and yourself) a little more about the world.
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Local ideas for those of you near Asheville, North Carolina. Our family has enjoyed serving with the following organizations:
The misson of Manna Foodbank is a hunger free western North Carolina. Great place to volunteer with little ones!
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe, is a program of United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County. It provides a link for individuals, families, corporate, and civic or faith-based groups to volunteer in the Asheville and Buncombe County. Amazing resource containing a huge volunteer database and volunteer guidelines for families.
The Rathbun Center is a non-profit corporation that provides lodging and other supportive services in a "home like" environment, free of charge, for patients and or their caregivers coming into Asheville, North Carolina for medical treatment. A variety of volunteer opportunities available for families (including making cookies for guests, yum!).
RiverLink works to keep the French Broad River and its tributaries an amazing place to live, work and play.
Sole Hope desires to put closed toed shoes on African children one pair at a time. Sole Hope teaches men and women the valuable trade of shoemaking. In addition, Sole Hope works with recovering addicts, the homeless, and the unemployed right here in Asheville.
Kids Care Projects engage kids in age appropriate volunteer activities. Projects require parent supervision and are announced monthly.
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe, is a program of United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County. It provides a link for individuals, families, corporate, and civic or faith-based groups to volunteer in the Asheville and Buncombe County. Amazing resource containing a huge volunteer database and volunteer guidelines for families.
The Rathbun Center is a non-profit corporation that provides lodging and other supportive services in a "home like" environment, free of charge, for patients and or their caregivers coming into Asheville, North Carolina for medical treatment. A variety of volunteer opportunities available for families (including making cookies for guests, yum!).
RiverLink works to keep the French Broad River and its tributaries an amazing place to live, work and play.
Sole Hope desires to put closed toed shoes on African children one pair at a time. Sole Hope teaches men and women the valuable trade of shoemaking. In addition, Sole Hope works with recovering addicts, the homeless, and the unemployed right here in Asheville.
Kids Care Projects engage kids in age appropriate volunteer activities. Projects require parent supervision and are announced monthly.
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National ideas for the rest of you:
Click over to Compassion today, and be sure to check out the Compassion Blog.
The Girl Effect because twelve is too young.
Bloggers for Birth Kits. Childbirth is hard enough. Moms should have the medical supplies they need.
Craft Hope is an online community that encourages hope by creating handmade projects. Easy and fun projects even for those of us with very little crafting ability. Great resource for parents and kids!
Delicate Fortress Creations shop to stop human trafficking, slavery, and poverty. Shop with a purpose!
Help my friend, Shannan build a well and change some lives.
Make A Child Smile Organization was created to provide encouragement and emotional support through cards and letters to children who are battling a life-threatening or chronic illness.
A Meal In The Mail features one specific family a month who is in need of some encouragement and love and generous bloggers "send" them meals.
