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Volunteering in Calgary? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by lunarcat@lemmy.ca to c/calgary@lemmy.ca

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I feel pretty directionless in life right now and would love to find a community or local organization that I can contribute to and feel passionate about. This forum doesn't seem to be super active, but if anyone out there is reading this, I am curious to hear people's experiences volunteering in/around the city, and if you have any personal recommendations based on your own interests?

Thank you!

P.S. I'm interested in things like wildlife/biodiversity/habitat conservation, youth education/outreach, community gardening, animal care, and the arts. But those are all pretty broad categories so if you have any experience with them please do share!

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I volunteer at mustard seed in Red Deer and I think they have buildings in Calgary too. Signing up for shifts is easy because you just do it online. It’s low stress and easy.

[–] lunarcat@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks! What kind of work do you do there, if you don't mind me asking?

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I usually do the food service Sunday evenings. But theres things like just doing coffee service too, or if you’re a morning motivated person theres meal prep for kids who don’t have lunches in the mornings during the week. Usually a shift for me entails food prep, then standing there and serving food to a lineup, then tearing down and washing dishes and putting them away. Usually around 2 hours.

[–] lunarcat@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you! I'll look into it :)