Volunteer This Season With Your Kids!
This time of year is a great time to teach your kids the value of helping others and the environment instead of always focusing on themselves. I have searched around for many volunteering opportunities that go on through the winter that will be a great for kids and listed them below. Of course there are more out there, so if you are involved with a different charity or know of others I can add, please send me an email at TomsRiverMom@gmail.com and I will post them.
Creating the Change is having product drives and sponsorship opportunities for children in need. If you would like to participate in their holiday efforts this year, they will be collecting new and gently used coats, food, hygiene items, and new, unwrapped toys as well as offering sponsorship opportunities starting at $10.00 each. They are in need of volunteers at their events as well as volunteers to sort the product donations they receive. Remember…we all have the ability to create great change when we start working with what we have.
Reclaim The Bay is a local non-profit environmental organization that promotes environmental involvement and education in a constructive and helpful way. Together we grow and maintain millions of baby clams and oysters. As we grow seed clams and oysters to stock our local bay we teach everyone how important and fragile the shellfish population and our environment really is. We are open to everyone and all are welcome to come lend a hand. Look at our online calendar for event dates that are convenient for you.
The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey — There are many ways you can make a difference in the life of a child. The following options are for individuals, families, friends, employee groups (or an entire company), students of all ages, and members of churches and community organizations. We offer options that fit your schedule, interests, and objectives – and all of them help children. Check out their Baby Bottle Formula for Hope program. It’s a great way to get your child involved!
Blossom, Inc. — Our mission is to make a difference of understanding, compassion, and empathy by creating opportunities for the participation of all children. We encourage them to become proactive, empowered, and engaged members of our communities. All of our diverse programs are dedicated to involving, serving, educating, and promoting the untapped resource or our collective national treasure-children.
The Ocean County Library. Volunteers are trained and then assigned to sections of shelving inthe library. They review each item on shelves to make such items are in proper Dewey Decimal system order. For each section of shelving assigned, the volunteer is given one half hour of credit.
