<p>I'm REALLY rural, and I need some volunteering suggestions for this summer. I need some community service hours--does anybody have any suggestions? Internships and the like are out-there's nothing like that available around here. Help.</p>
<p>That's a good question. :]</p>
<p>i volunteered at my local SPCA. Perhaps there's some sort of animal shelter near you to volunteer.</p>
<p>i'm sure a REALLY rural area has a church nearby.. i don't know what people do in church but people volunteer in church so yeah..</p>
<p>what about just tutoring little ones...for free...........?</p>
<p>doesn't your school have a community service group like interact club or somehting? they always have something to offer.</p>
<p>and even if it's rural, you guys must have like a hospital nearby. or even those family doctor places ( i dunno what they're called).. you could just help out with them?</p>
<p>and maybe you could start something in your area. like ring up a big branch place like those cancer fundraising/breast cancer fundraising/child cancer/ummmmm somethings about trees or something/red cross.. you get the idea? the charity places.. and then tell them you'd like to set up a group in your area to fundraise. and you could (with their permission) set up a thing where people go around collecting money/anything to raise money. -- yeah leadership thing which is a plus.</p>
<p>NoFX gave some great suggestions. Try checking out the websites of the American Cancer Society, Students Working Against Tobacco, UNICEF (<a href="http://www.unicefusa.org)%5B/url%5D">www.unicefusa.org)</a>, etc. and start a club at your school or set up a community walk (people get pledges/sponsored to walk and the money raised is donated to the charity specified). As NoFX said, this is an awesome way to get community service hours while really helping a worthy organization, AND developing (and showing colleges) your leadership skills.</p>
<p>the library....which hopefully you have out there?</p>
<p>About 15 miles away, but only about 15 books, but it might be worth a shot.</p>
<p>....15 books??......:eek: my house could be a library</p>
<p>That was a slight exaggeration, but seriously, it's tiny.</p>
<p>Do you want to neccessarily stay in your town? there are great opportunities to go abroad for community service with organizations like AFS. I did volunteer work with them in Costa Rica. Lots of fun and rewarding. You might want to consider it. They also have scholarships available if money is an issue.</p>