10 Ways to Volunteer from Home

If you would like to help others, but you're wondering how to do so while you're quarantining at home, there's good news. Thanks to technology that provides www.mcafee.com/activate virtual ways to stay in touch, you can volunteer your help and www.mcafee/activate skills virtually. And if you want to take www.mcafee.com/activate download a break from technology, there are other ways you can support others www.mcafee.com/activate product key from the safety of your home, as well:

Here are 10 ways you can make a difference:

1. Help People in Crisis

Did you know that suicide increase major crisis, including pandemics? You can help support people in distress by taking suicide hotline calls, through theNational prevention. Calls to mental health and other types of hotlines mcafee.com/activate product key have also increased during COVID-19. Many of these hotlines, including local ones are looking for volunteers. And if you have a computer and an Internet connection, you may be able to volunteer forCrisis text line, a free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis in the United States.

2. Tutor Kids

If you have an Internet connection, you can tutor students in need. is a free, online platform that connects low-income high school students in the U.S. with volunteer tutors. The United way website allows you to search for www.mcafee.com/activate local or national volunteer opportunities, such as virtual math tutors, reading coaches and mentors for children in foster care. Even your teenagers can help: Through Teens give, high school students provide virtual tutoring primarily to children in grades four to 10.

3. Become a “Contact Tracer"

According to the  Centre for diease control prevention the process of contact tracing includes determining people who have an infectious disease www.mcafee/activate and those they have been in contact with www.mcafee.com/activate product keyand finding ways to stop the spread of disease. Cities, counties and states are looking for volunteer contact tracers, includingSnta Clara country in California and the state of Michigan The ability to speak a foreign  language is a plus, as many communities have a large portion of non-English speaking residents.

4. Write Letters

During the quarantine, getting mail can be the highlight of someone's day. If you like to write, consider taking part in Operation Gratitude mcafee.com/activate product key The group has "an urgent need for letters" for deployed troops, first responders,and emergency medical personnel responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Want to cheer up a senior citizen? You can write letters to them through Letter of love And if you'd like to make a special connection www.mcafee/activate with someone www.mcafee.com/activate download in need, several Pen pal program have been created during the pandemic, including those that pair senior citizens with kids.

5. Make Masks

We all need masks! If you're crafty, and would like to support health care workers around the country, consider taking part in the  100 million challenges The American Hospital Association has also provided  informationabout local hospitals and organizations that need masks, as well as instructions and specifications to make masks for healthcare workers. And, of course, you can also make masks for your family, friends and  www.mcafee.com/activate product key neighbors.

6. Create Blankets and Quilts

Here's how to take your craftiness to the next level: A comfort object, often a type of blanket, can alleviate stress during difficult times. It's no wonder then that many organizations have put out a request for these items during mcafee.com/activate product key the pandemic www.mcafee/activate. Solider Angles which supports veterans and military families, is asking for blankets. Heartland in the Chicago area needs quilts for patients.

7. Provide Professional Services

Do you have business skills? If so, nonprofits need your help.Catchafire matches nonprofit organizations in need of services with volunteers who can provide them. During COVID-19, the top areas of need for Catchafire nonprofits www.mcafee.com/activate include help with marketing strategy, video conferencing, tech systems, translation, remote work and webinar set up and training. In addition to Catchafire, the Taproot foundation also matches nonprofits with professional service volunteers.

8. Foster a Pet

If you're a pet lover, and are quarantining at home, this is the perfect time to foster an animal. Fostering means bringing a www.mcafee.com/activate download homeless pet into your home to nurture and love it until it can be placed in a permanent home. When you foster an animal, you are opening up space at a shelter, which helps lessen the number www.mcafee/activate of pets that need euthanization. Check out this video from The Human society to learn how to find animals in need of fostering and adoption

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9. Raise Money for Charity

Is there a charity near and dear to your heart? Consider setting up a virtual fundraiser. virtual cooking , like this one benefiting mcafee.com/activate product key the Ronald McDonald House in Dayton, Ohio, are popular. You can celebrate your birthday with the kids of St. Jude by dedicating  to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. If you have a unique talent www.mcafee.com/activate, you can help raise funds, such as providing customized crossword pazzlefor a donation to Feeding americe

10. Buy Stuff Online

Since we're spending more time www.mcafee.com/activate download at home, it's not surprising that online retailers, including Amazon, are seeing a dramatic increase in sales during the time of coronavirus. If you're already buying items on Amazon, you can www.mcafee/activate donate a portion of those purchases to charity www.mcafee.com/activate product key . When you sign up with theAmazon Smile program, you choose a 501(c)(3) charity. After buying through theAmazone style site 0.5% of your eligible mcafee.com/activate product key purchases gets sent to the charity of your choosing.

These 10 suggestions can help you help others from home. If you're looking for more ways to volunteer, check out Volunteer Match, Ideaklistand Create www.mcafee.com/activate the Good And thanks, in advance, for your help!