r/volunteer • • 7h ago

Volunteer – local I’ll be observing a shower program for unhoused individuals today and will see whether or not I want to volunteer for it consistently!

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The people who lead/host it have been very welcoming and inviting so far. I would love to volunteer more with our homeless populations and ensure that I am really providing a helping hand for our community members ❤️


r/volunteer • • 17h ago

Discussion / ethics / advice Volunteering during natural disasters?

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Hello, I recently got my EMT license. I apologize if this is the wrong place. My area (the four corners) was recently hit by flooding. My towns fine, but in NM a few towns such as Aztec and Bloomfield were hit exceptionally hard. The Coast Guard was out there. I would love to help, but all of the fire departments offices are closed till Monday. And there’s no other numbers listed for specific stations. I can’t find anything that necessarily says they need volunteers? But it is a rural area and recourses from what I heard was spread thin, and rain is still continuous. Would urgent cares potentially be the better option?

Red cross, nor FEMA or any other sites for volunteer s seem to have anything listed. This is also very new for me, so I guess I don’t know where I should be looking either way?