Ideas: Care for the Sick/Disabled
All to often, people are turned off by the prospect of volunteering with the sick and disabled because of fear and/or a lack of understanding of their conditions. Yet volunteering with the sick/disabled has a myriad of benefits for all involved. Click here for more information.
- Be a special friend to a person with disabilities
- Take your friend on your fun family outings and adventures
- Go on a walk together
- Become a best buddy to a child with developmental disabilities
- Help with setup and decorations and/or cleanup of a party
- Put on a special party with a holiday, birthday or other fun theme
- Have a special story time or reading hour
- Tell funny stories
- Help run an event or cheer and support athletes for the Special Olympics
- Tutor at an after school program for children with mental retardation
- Deliver meals to people with AIDS
- Walk or Run to educate and raise money for cancer research (or another important disease)
- Sort through donations for families being sheltered from abuse
- Support the Red Cross disaster relief programs in your area
- Provide housing for out-of-town hospital patients’ families
- Groom, care for, and lead horses that give therapy to people who are disabled
- Do craft projects and wrap gifts for a women’s shelter
- Accompany people with disabilities to fun plays, concerts, or other events in the community
- Teach arts and crafts to children with disabilities
- Help with painting projects and/or horticulture
- Play soccer or other sports with youth who have developmental disabilities
- Grant “wishes” for children who are sick
- Deliver or serve meals to people who are bedridden or their families
- Make food for families with relatives in the hospital
- Put on a concert for people with disabilities
- Donate your hair for children with cancer
Find a volunteer opportunity in your community
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