Really **satisfying** charitable work

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Hi folks,

Joking aside (there are many), do you know or partake in any charitable work that really make a difference?

I've noticed that my happiness for the past while has been flatlining (not depressed, but just an overall irritation at chaos in the rest of the world), and am looking for a few genuine charities that assist people/animals/_____? locally. Charities that pay their CEO's millions would annoy me.

Any recommendations?
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You could always try teaching people to ride, if you have the talent set.
I've heard that it's very satisfying to see people pass their test after getting on a bike for the first time.

Churches always need people for Youth groups and Out of the Cold programs.

There's also local Food banks, Schools, Scouts, and Sports teams.
 
I did my time doing work, but I'll probably never do organized charity ever again. It just serves to enable a bunch of freeloaders. Teach a man to fish by leading horses to water or whatever. I'm pretty jaded about it. It's all about padding resumes and starting every thought with "Someone (and not me of course) should..." I like helping people because I have been helped, but I'll probably stick to one-on-one help in the future where needed.
 
I work for a company which supports people with developmental disabilities. The companies name is Christian horizons. Don't be fooled by the name, it's a company which started Christian but hires anyone. We are always looking for volunteers, it is very exciting and rewarding work. All of our volunteers love what they do, essentially you would be helping someone with a developental disability live a more "normal" life. Check out www.christian-horizons.org
 
eljay said:
I did my time doing work, but I'll probably never do organized charity ever again. It just serves to enable a bunch of freeloaders. Teach a man to fish by leading horses to water or whatever. I'm pretty jaded about it. It's all about padding resumes and starting every thought with "Someone (and not me of course) should..." I like helping people because I have been helped, but I'll probably stick to one-on-one help in the future where needed.
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My sentiments as well. The big stuff is well covered. Just try to make the world a better place. Charity IMO isn't just money. It's time and thoughts.

Be spontaneous. When you see someone in a jam just do what you can. Forget about organizations and tax receipts. When you see something wrong just correct it.

If a friend's cupboard is bare tell them you want to try a new recipe on their stove and make sure there are leftovers for the next day.

Pick up a nail from a driveway so someone doesn't get a flat. Pay something forward.
 
I do a biweekly sandwich run for the homeless. A group of us make food packaged at home (sandwiches, juice boxes, energy bars...) and sometime we put socks and gloves and go to shelters and hand them out. Also involved with Equal rights movements and anti war groups. Let me know if youre interested and i can point you out to a few.
 
ashkan said:
I do a biweekly sandwich run for the homeless. A group of us make food packaged at home (sandwiches, juice boxes, energy bars...) and sometime we put socks and gloves and go to shelters and hand them out. Also involved with Equal rights movements and anti war groups. Let me know if youre interested and i can point you out to a few.
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Thoughts on Habitat for Humanity?

I'm pretty well versed in that realm.. I wouldn't, not even for a second, think about "teaching" about moto-riding-101. Always a student on this subject.
 
I've recently been working with a charity called thestop.org. They run a soup kitchen in the Landsowne/Davenport area which is a really poor area of Toronto. What I like about them is all of the advocacy work they do with the community to give them a hand up not just a hand out. Its a real sense of community which is essential for those on the margins of society.

This video I created for their drop-in fundraising campaign explains it better than I could. https://youtu.be/-eyBnk4i7tM
 
^^ The Stop is excellent and Wychwood Barns has some good community programs.

I have volunteered for Second Harvest - they are a top non profit where around 95% of the $ raised goes directly to those who need it, because the employees are not paid very much - including senior management. My volunteering there involved helping out the drivers on the food trucks, by picking up perishable food from restaurants and grocery stores and then taking that food to soup kitchens, shelters and other places where those who need it can use it.

I have also volunteered at North York Harvest Food Bank as a food sorter for a few winters and that was also rewarding work.

Now most of my volunteering work goes to help support community gardens across the city that allow and/or teach immigrants and the marginalized to grow their own food.
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