What better feeling is there than helping make your community a better place? I know! Being able to help your community while spending quality family time together! Volunteering as a family is a fantastic way to improve the world while being able to learn about issues within the community.
I’ve listed several volunteering activities that are family-friendly for each of the four seasons! They all have benefits for the family members. They each:
- Help families learn about social issues and provide a new perspective on the world;
- Provide positive role models and pass on family values to children;
- Provide new learning experiences and development of new skills for both children and adults;
- Provide quality time for the family to spend together;
- Increase interpersonal communication and problem-solving abilities of family members;
- Help youth decide what they want to do with their life.
Spring
· Bag your family’s outgrown clothes and donate them to a local organization, such as Winona Volunteer Services
· Clean up local parks, playgrounds or streets near your home
· Bring your pet to a nursing home to spend time with the residents (make sure the facility allows it)
· Help serve food at a local church or at the Catholic Worker Houses
· Help paint local schools or non-profit agencies
Summer
· Help build a home or shelter
· Coordinate a food drive for the people in your community
· Host a garage sale with proceeds benefitting a local charity
· Create cards for Armed Forces personnel serving overseas
Fall
· Rake leaves for neighbors who could use the help
· Walk dogs from the Winona Area Humane Society
· Dedicate time to stock the food shelf at Winona Volunteer Services or the Southeast Minnesota Rural Education and Resource Center
· Serve holiday dinners for people who don’t have a place to go
Winter
· Adopt a family in need through Gifts for Winona or on your own
· Help shovel your neighbor’s driveway!
· Serve Holiday Dinner
· Provide foster homes for pets
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