Send a Note of Hope
March of Dimes
Date/Time: Year-round opportunity
Location: Send your cards to:
March of Dimes National Office
1550 Crystal Dr, Suite 1300
Arlington, VA 22202
Ages: All ages can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, lead programs, and provide education and advocacy so that every family can have the best possible start. Building on a successful 80-year legacy, we support every pregnant person and family. Every year 4 million babies are born. This is an exciting and challenging time, but it can also be scary when everything doesn’t go as planned. Your family can show your support by sending a note of hope to another family. You can write a note to a family with a baby currently in the NICU or a note to healthcare providers, nurses, and staff on the frontlines to ensure that moms and babies receive the best possible care. Share your words of encouragement to let them know they’re not alone during this difficult time. Download t he template and create your own note or write your note and submit it digitally.
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Walking Group Champion
Serving Seniors
Date/Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 -11am. The walking group leaves at 9am, and returns by 10:30am.
Location: Start and end at the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center, 1525 Fourth Ave, San Diego.
Ages: Families with children of all ages can participate. Youth under age 16 must volunteer with a parent/guardian or another adult.
Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours. You can volunteer one-time or on a recurring basis.
Our mission is to help seniors in poverty live healthy and fulfilling lives. Join our senior walking group for a 45–60-minute walk around the downtown area. Enjoy the fresh air, visit scenic and historic sites in downtown San Diego and get to know our seniors!
Volunteer responsibilities:
- Accompany our senior walking group for the entire duration of their walk
- Carry a backpack with water bottles, snacks, and first aid kit (provided)
- Do your best to ensure the walk is an enjoyable experience for all group members
- Assist the Group Guide as needed
Qualifications and required skills
- Ability to walk continuously for one hour
- Dependable, responsible, and friendly
- Enjoy spending time with seniors and exploring the city
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Meals on Wheels - Meal Delivery
Meals on Wheels San Diego County
Date/Time: Monday - Saturday; approximately 10:30am - 1:30pm (timing varies slightly by location)
Location: San Diego County
Ages: The driver must be 18 years of age or older. Members of the same household are welcome to volunteer together, regardless of age.
Time Commitment: Approximately one to three hours per shift, a minimum of once per month
Meals on Wheels San Diego County serves seniors and disabled veterans nutritious meals to support their independence and well-being. Our caring volunteers deliver critical meals and do safety checks on the seniors they visit. Frequently, the volunteer may be the only person the senior sees all day, providing human contact and a safety net, particularly for those seniors living alone. To protect our volunteers and seniors, we conduct contactless meal delivery and have strict safety measures.
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Clean Out Your Closet!
Soles4Soles
Date/Time: Ongoing opportunity
Ages: Everyone can help
Time Commitment: Varies
Soles4Souls disrupts the cycle of poverty by creating sustainable jobs and providing relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing worldwide. Since 2006, Soles4Souls has distributed more than 35 million pairs of shoes in 127 countries and generated over $250 million in economic impact. The average person in North America throws away 70 pounds of textiles every year. That’s 21 billion pounds of extra waste dumped in our landfills every year! Since 2006, Soles4Souls supporters have diverted 59 million pounds of shoes and clothing from landfills. Your family can help by cleaning out your closets and donating your used shoes to Soles4Soles. All you need to do is:
- Grab some trash bags and go to your closets!
- Put the shoes in a trash bag - it can be 1, 5, or 100 pairs
Note: Every 20 pairs collected = 1 hour of community service! If your child needs service hours for school, this will count.
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I Love a Clean San Diego In-Person Cleanups
I Love a Clean San Diego
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Two hours
I Love A Clean San Diego leads and inspires our community to actively conserve and enhance the environment through example, outreach, and local involvement. Join I Love A Clean San Diego for a community cleanup to divert litter from traveling through the San Diego Bay watershed. We will sort, weigh, and dispose of collected litter, and after the cleanup, you can request a community service letter in your Community Hub dashboard! Our cleanups are limited to 50 volunteers, and we encourage social distancing and masks.
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Create a Project
Good Deeds Day 2022
Date/Time: Sunday, April 3
Location: Your home or community
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies, depending on your project
Good Deeds Day is a global movement of doing good. Throughout the world, families, neighbors, schools, clubs, companies, and communities come together to do a good deed project. Perhaps your family has an idea for a Good Deeds Day project for your community? Or you can browse the project ideas page for ideas . We encourage individuals to recruit colleagues, friends and family, and plan a project as a group!
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Community Clothes Closet
Sharia’s Closet
Date/Time(s):
- Tuesday – Thursday, 12:30 - 5pm
- Saturday, 11am – 3pm
Location: 6244 El Cajon Blvd #5, San Diego
Ages: Families with children ages six and older are welcome to participate. Children under age 16 must volunteer with an adult, and a Youth Waiver Form must be completed for volunteers under age 18.
Time Commitment: Three hours
Sharia’s Closet is a small but mighty nonprofit providing clothing for individuals and families in and around the San Diego community facing financial hardship or crisis. They provide personalized empowerment in the form of new/gently used clothing for those in need of their services, victims of domestic violence, natural disasters, and human trafficking, as well as unsheltered or unemployed individuals. Volunteer duties and responsibilities include: selecting and sorting donations by category, seasonal, size, color, type of clothing, examining items for any defects, including holes, stains, or other issues, restocking shelves/racks with sorted items, cleaning shoes, purses, and accessories, labeling clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories, and performing other duties as assigned.
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DGT™ Membership has plenty of perks – and now includes our Festival of Giving 2021 videos!
Our popular Festival of Giving this past fall included four fun interactive kindness-themed videos with big-hearted authors. We've added these videos to our Membership Library for Family and Classroom Members to enjoy. Among the offerings is "Nourishing Our Neighbors" with Lois Brandt reading aloud her award-winning book Maddi's Fridge (as featured in our Fight Poverty book recommendations.)
Not yet a member? Join us today! Family membership is just $48/year. That's the cost of a monthly coffee, and includes exclusive downloads, weekly inspiration, and a welcome kit.
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Mailing Address:
755 Medina Rd
Wayzata, MN 55391
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This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)
When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project.
Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.
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