<p>What are some meaningful volunteer work you've done or that you know of? I'm trying to find one that sounds interesting so please give me your input.</p>
<p>Tell us what activities you enjoy, what your career goals are, what experiences in the past have been most meaningful--then we can suggest volunteer activities that might interest you most.</p>
<p>I enjoy sports, politics, business, talking to people</p>
<p>I am a freshman in college right now, I'm looking for a meaningful experience and I also want to do something important, I want to go to law school after college</p>
<p>Meaningful experiences in the past have always involved helping people in a social enviroment. I love teaching people things or helping them solve problems. I want to be able to communicate with people in things I do (as opposed to working alone all the time).</p>
<p>Go on seventeen.com (yes the magazine!) and go to the section that says volunteer search. It's powered by volunteermatch and it's got some great opportunities. It's really good. You can choose what you're interested in, and if you live in a decently populated area, you'll find thousands of things that you can do.</p>
<p>I'm an engineering major, so I mentored a high school robotics team. I always found mentoring very satisfying. I've done things along those lines like tutoring and being a camp counselor. I've really enjoyed it. </p>
<p>For sports, maybe find a local rec. team and offer to help coach. Politics, find a local high school and see if they'd be interested in having you mentor for Model UN, or mock congress, or something like that. You could do the same thing with business for DECA or some business student organization. There are also probably organizations on campus that do outreach and community service work, so look into joining those types of organizations. Like where I go, there's an organization called Engineering Projects In Community Service.</p>
<p>I high school I volunteered at the local hospital every week.. passed out food trays, delivered flowers, etc.</p>
<p>Now in college I don't have time consistently to volunteer regularly, so in my free time I've started making quilts & crocheted afghans for a charity that gives the blankets to cancer patients undergoing chemotheraphy</p>
<p>Senior Citizen centers may want people to teach seniors how to use e-mail and internet.</p>
<p>Many public schools would be happy to have volunteers to help children in "after school" programs with reading or improving their English proficiency.</p>
<p>Public libraries in urban areas also offer courses to help local people with basic English --you could teach something like that or help them prepare for citizenship tests. They also need folks to read stories to young children.</p>
<p>Local chapters of Public Research Interest Groups are often looking for volunteers interested in issues like mass transit or voting rights.</p>
<p>With a presidential election coming up, you might want to volunteer for a favorite candidate or to help your preferred Party raise money and get out the vote.</p>
<p>Soup Kitchens also need food servers to give meals to the homeless or working poor.
The local politicians where you are living --city council members, mayor's office, consumer affairs etc. etc. or churches can tell you where the homeless are being helped and what you can do.</p>
<p>You could call a local high school and offer free help with SAT prep for college bound kids with few financial resources.</p>
<p>your school most likely has a volunteer office that you could go to. They will probably be able to help you with things in the area.</p>
<p>Does your school have a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega? It's a coed service fraternity.</p>
<p>As others have mentioned, you can coach a youth sports team. Find a local politician with the party that you identify yourself with. They will always take your help.</p>
<p>Personally, I have coached youth sports (I had 4th graders, it was slightly frustrating because they gave me and my friend all these crappy players, lol). Currently, I tutor at the elementary school after school program (generally most of the kids are under-priviledged) and help them with math and English. The kids love to see us, and I find it rewarding. I also volunteered to work with my old high school marching band during the summer, but now I've upgraded and I'm getting paid for that. I also work at campus escort, which is this service that goes until 1, 2 on the weekends, that people can call and get someone to walk with them if they don't feel comfortable.</p>
<p>Have you tried the library?</p>