Whenever it’s one time or regularly.
Also, if you do, how did you start?

  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I write wikipedia pages, do OpenStreetMap editing and occasionally I go leafleting for my political party of choice

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    I used to volunteer at libraries to teach elderly people digital literacy, how to use phones and computers to complete tasks they need etc and grow comfortable with their devices.

    Unfortunately I couldn’t continue due to instability taking over my life. I’d like to do it again someday but I’m currently in too much need.

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      I used to donate blood, but sadly a medication I take prevents me from doing so anymore. One time I even donated two units since they were particularly low on that type. You have my respect.
      I also help do compatibility testing for an emulator, though life has kept me from doing that recently.

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    Yeah at the pet shelter here. Started coz i wanted to be around animals but now id feel guilty if i wanted to leave, they are so under staffed and under supported

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    Yes. I volunteered for a couple months in Ukraine in a dog shelter and the volunteer kitchen in Lviv. I also volunteer to organize demonstrations in my city and occasionally I edit OpenStreetMap.

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    I volunteer for Tafel (meals on wheels). The former chairman of my wife’s band runs the logistics side and that’s how I got introduced.

    I’m considering volunteering for the local shelter to pick up animals since I’m doing a lot of driving anyway.

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    I wish I could more, but I donate frequently. If I can’t give my time, I’ll give my money (to political campaigns, NPOs, etc.).

    I used to volunteer in uni as part of the classes. I taught children creative writing, mostly. It was very fulfilling seeing children of all ages develop their own voices.

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    Started online with translations and such then checked out groups in my area, didn’t fit. Went to a regular’s table, found some people there who did interesting stuff, asked if I can volunteer there, now doing that for a couple of years and started my own project that is quite successful. Wouldn’t want to miss it.

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    Through my sports club I volunteer at sporting events every once in a while, like handing out water at races.

    I also joined the animal rescue when I was younger, helping clean cages for the rabbits and pigeons etc. For that I just found the local rescue and signed up. In the end I didn’t like the atmosphere that much, because most people were lower class without a job and I was a student at university. I felt like I had little in common to talk about and I was the only one who didn’t smoke. You also have zero time to actually enjoy spending time with the animals.

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    Occasionally I join local groups to clean up litter and I count ballots for local elections.

    I used to walk dogs from a local animal shelter. I also volunteered in refugee aid some years ago.

    Usually I just help out locally when word gets around.

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    Yes. I contribute to Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.

    I wanted to contribute to the online information sources that I always rely on, so I started activities on these two sites.

    Offline, I work on organizing 78rpm-record collections left by local collectors.

    I like music from before the LP era, and I learned about this activity through local media and decided to participate in the organizing work.

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    Yep, about evey month or so at a local children’s museum. I got a email at work decided to give it a try thinking maybe I’d meet a hot single mom or something.

    But I actually do like helping the kids with their craft projects. It’s clear that someone of them don’t get the opportunity to really make a mess and build random stuff, I love be there to make that happen