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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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[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's not quite volunteer work, but still donate to food banks seasonally, or monthly when I'm able to. I don't make a lot of money but I still donate what I can.

I had some crashes in life, I had to rely on food banks. I now give back. It feels amazing. I think a lot of people are afraid of the feelings involved honestly, it's a strong emotional ride when you donate stuff and see the faces of the people waiting in line for food, toiletries and things like socks and underwear.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I think many people really don’t like knowing that other people suffer. Much easier to pretend that suffering doesn’t exist by not interacting with it. But once you overcome that hurdle of realizing that suffering exists, then there’s so much joy to be found in being able to actually eliminate some of it.

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