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Do you work with a specific community or organization, or just take opportunities as they come up?

What type of volunteer work do you like to do? Do you like the stuff where you are just a warm body - someone to hold a sign or greet people? Or more involved tasks that are more like professional work? What about shudders door knocking?

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[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago

I volunteer at a small music festival. We're trying to help keep the village alive at a time when more and more facilities are closing. I run the website and social media, and take photos over the weekend.

Taking the photos is probably the most fun, as you get to be part of the festival and watch everyone enjoy the event you set up, as well as watching some of the acts. It's exhausting though, as you don't stop for the better part of three days.

This year I had a lot to do with booking the acts and liaising with the acts and the venues. That was really interesting, but it nearly killed me. I've got a chronic illness that tires me out, but I thought this would be ok as it's mostly emailing and messaging. I had no idea how many random things have to be organised and rearranged in the run up, or how much can go wrong on the day!

I'm sticking to photos next year!

this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026

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