The holidays aren't, in my opinion,
just about receiving - also about giving... so I thought I'd share my take on
volunteermatch.org -
1) you make an account - fairly easy
2) you choose causes, areas of
interest, & what skills you have to offer - I needed help due to my
computer limitations, but you could do this on your own - depends on your
disability
3) you click on "save" for
each section
4) click on "recommendations"
- you get a screen with all what the site came up with depending on what info
you put in, & then you can click on "learn more" to get more
info. There's also a "contact" to click on.
This site seems to be for commitment
- people who are serious about volunteering (no idea how organizations get
listed). Christina said that it looked
different from when she'd last looked at it - it's a sophisticated site.
One major drawback was we couldn't
see a way to indicate preferred distance to travel.
For someone who wants to "dip a
toe in," like me, it's not really helpful. I'll have to think about
who/where to contact locally.
In the
meantime, I'll try some new member calls for VeDA (the vestibular disorders
Association - www.vestibular.org).
