Soapbox Giving Tour is traveling through 16 cities to donate soap and personal hygiene kits that will be donated to local charities and volunteers are needed.
By Heather Newgen
Clean beauty company Soapbox is raising awareness for the importance of hand hygiene by doing a multi-city tour donating hand soap and personal hygiene kits...
Project Angel Food has reopened its doors to volunteers and here's how you can get involved.
By Heather Newgen
For over 30 years Project Angel Food has served the Los Angeles community by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals to people battling life-threatening illnesses like cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, HIV and other serious health conditions.
"The ...
Want to volunteer for Pride, but you're not comfortable attending in person events? We've compiled a list of virtual volunteer opportunities you can get involved with.
By Sharon Knolle
If you missed your neighborhood’s Pride parade this year -- or if it’s been canceled because of COVID -- there are still plenty of virtual volunteer opportunities to ...
Two weeks after Hurricane Laura ripped through parts of Texas and Louisiana, a massive cleanup is underway. Here's how you can help.
By Heather Newgen
Hurricane Laura made landfall in the Gulf Coast on August 27th as a Category 4 storm, bringing with it 150 mph winds and significant storm surge. 27 people have died as a result and according to
How to help the victims of the devastating and deadly derecho storm that ripped across Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, which was hit the hardest.
By Heather Newgen
On August 10th, an unexpected derecho--a widespread, long-lived wind storm, swept through several states. This extremely rare weather event produced 100+ mph winds for nearly an hour fla...
At first glance IVHQ looks like a credible voluntourism organization. However, there isn't anything ethical about the company. I volunteered with IVHQ in Kenya and was shocked by their misleading agenda and how they used locals in harmful ways to solicit volunteers and tourists.
By Kate Wilson
In late 2012, I had completed a double Bachelor degree of International Development and Public H...
Looking for an impactful way to give back locally? The Cancer Support Community helps people face the challenges of cancer and always needs volunteers.
By: Kaylie Defilippis
Cancer is likely something we will encounter at some point in our life. Whether it's someone we know, or something we will struggle with ourselves, the disease has the ability to affect us all. But there are organizati...
Volunteering at animal sanctuaries is an extremely popular voluntourism activity, but how many of them are actually ethical? Not as many as we would hope, but the Facebook group Volunteers in Africa Beware serves as a watchdog for irre...
Voluntourism, the act of volunteering while traveling, has become such a huge trend that it’s now a multi-billion dollar industry. Giving back to others in need sounds like a noble act, but there’s a lot of negativity surrounding voluntourism. Author Claire Bennett weighs in on the matter.
Claire Bennett is a co-author of
A well worn saying claims that if you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made. When you see what goes into making some things, it can really spoil the enjoyment. The same should be said about the complexities of trying to help some at risk children. Most people have no idea how frustratingly difficult kindness can sometimes be. What is a beautiful, loving, and positive...
