“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Sites with databases of various opportunities:
- ABC News Be the Change: Save a Life Campaign
http://saveone.net/ - DoSomething.org
- MU Serves Database of Volunteering Opportunities
https://muserves.missouri.edu/
Columbia, Missouri opportunities:
- Columbia Raiders Football
- The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri
http://www.sharefoodbringhope.org/ - Salvation Army Safe Harbor House Emergency Shelter
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/06/19/q-inside-look-salvation-army-harbor-house/ - True North of Columbia
http://www.boonecountysafeshelter.com/ - Voluntary Action Center of Boone County, Missouri
http://www.vacmo.org/ - Volunteer Columbia– Volunteer Opportunities with the City of Columbia, Missouri http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Volunteer/index.php
Global charities:
- Nicholas Kristof’s list of international charities
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/opinion/19kristof.html?_r=1
General information about giving:
- Charity ‘ratings’
http://www.charitywatch.org/
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/111649/the-best-charities-in-america - Tips to help the homeless
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-carlino/five-ways-to-change-a-hom_b_798934.html?ref=fb&src=sp - The Dragonfly Foundation’s I’m Still Me program