95 comments on “Encouraging Family Volunteerism”

1. So great to teach our children how to care for others. We usually donate to local veteran’s charities and to our church. We have so many people around us who aren’t as blessed as we are. We aren’t wealthy, we just know that our lives are great because we have work, a roof over our heads and our family together.

2. I will explain to them why it is such a good thing to volunteer. I started doing volunteer work as a freshman in highschool and I enjoy it to this day

3. Our family gives whenever we can, all year. During the holidays, my son chooses his own way to help. This year he’s doing extra to donate to an animal shelter. 🙂

4. We always help the elderly neighbors with shoveling the walks during snow storms and also volunteer at the local dog shelter.

5. My children worked at soup kitchens and homeless shelters all their teen years, and now they have their teens doing it.

6. My kids and I help out at our local Habitat for Humanity and we also help out at our church collecting food and toys for families that need a hand.

7. We usually donate food to a local food bank, will do it again this year even though things are tight for us too.

8. My kids help with the Boyscouts and Girlscouts, and with the Salvation Army.

9. have family dinner at grandma’s

10. i will remind them it is the season of giving and there are less fortunate out there.

11. My family donates items to local charities and volunteers at the soup kitchen.

12. By donating to the local Autism Society.

13. My family has always volunteered and I do Meals on Wheels every week

14. We are adopting a senior citizen this year! Its like the Angel Tree program, but for seniors. Seniors that don’t have family and don’t receive anything for Christmas get listed on the tree along with whatever their needs might be, and you can help to make their Christmas brighter!

15. We purchase toys to donate to the less-fortunate.

16. We are visiting nursing home residents

17. At the family get together we’ll make out a plan to volunteer at animal shelters.

18. We are volunteers by nature – there is always some place or someone looking for help. We encourage it by leading by example.

19. we will be giving out goodies to the local shelters

20. We help collect toys for toy drives in our home.

21. I am lucky to have thankful kids who give their time whenever possible.

22. We help in our community, with our neighbors shoveling snow, picking up trash etc

23. We volunteer at the community free Thanksgiving lunch.

24. I will encourage family volunteerism this holiday by reminding us of our blessings.

25. Every year we volunteer at the local soup kitchen.

26. I will explain how it feels good to help people who need it.

27. I donate clothing and toys to families in need.

28. We will be donating to a local animal shelter.

29. Before Christmas I make my kids go through their toys to pick out items to donate.

30. My oldest daughter has plans to ring the bell for the Salvation Army this Christmas. Thank you!

31. We will be visiting our grandmother in the nursing home, and also spend time with the other residents.

32. My daughter and I are donating clothes to a local charity this Christmas. We will also be contributing some toys to others in need. 🙂

33. we run lots of programs with our church

34. We help out with local food pantry

35. The day after Thanksgiving we go and help at the food bank, we also make stockings full of toiletries and donate it to the men at the shelter, we just did a toy drive and we our donating items to the new vets center at our local community college

36. We volunteer in the Operation Christmas Child every year. It is so wonderful to be able to send gifts with messages of love. Thank you

37. We help in our community those that are in need. There are many small community drives that we are involved in.

38. My children’s schools all encourage community volunteering throughout the year but especially around the holiday season. Seeing their parents become involved in these activities as well promotes and encourages them to do the same this time of year.

39. Collect food for the needy.

40. i encourage family volunteerism by showing my family how to do the right thing.

41. I encourage by leading by example.

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42. By donating money to charity for people in need.

43. We will all volunteer at the food pantry

44. We volunteer at the food pantry.

45. I will volunteer and have my family members volunteer at a local men’s homeless shelter that is run by a friend of mine. It’s such a rewarding feeling.

46. We donate time to help with the Salvation Army bell ringing campaign and feel that it is something that we enjoy doing to give back to the Community. We also participated in our big food drive for the needy.

47. we volunteer at our local animal shelter

48. My kids will go with my to pick out gifts for our Angel Tree family. They love shopping for others.

49. My son and I donate food to our church’s food pantry and clothes to it’s clothes closet.

50. There are many ways to give back this holiday season, My family will be at our local food shelter helping them sort and get food items ready for those that need it.

51. We volunteered at our local shelter for their Thanksgiving dinner and it was so much fun.

52. I like to encourage them by taking them with me so that they can see how rewarding it is to help others.

53. My sons are adults. I encourage them to visit their uncle who is in a locked psych ward in a nursing home. He has been alcoholic mentally ill for decades. He was almost homeless except for what my sister, mother and I provided. My husband and I bring food and belongings to the homeless. I encourage my sons to be good to the homeless 25% if whom are chronic severely mentally ill. Our society does a poor job of caring for this type of illness which is biologically based. Buy them a meal, give them bedding or clothing

54. We help collect and bring food to our local food pantry.

55. We donate food, clothes and toys. My daughters volunteered at our annual turkey drive.

56. my wife and I volunteered at an animal shelter

57. I work at the local community action agency. My family will be there volunteering by packing up food baskets and delivering meals.

58. We have different charities that we do at work!

59. We are participating in my son’s school’s toy and canned goods drives.

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60. we love to give food to those in need

61. We volunteer at Feed My Starving Children to pack food overseas for hungry children.

62. My whole family is volunteering to give out toys to kids in need.

63. I will have my kids help me shop for families in need through our church and scouts.

64. We just donated to Toys for tots and our Publix has a food donation area

65. We always volunteer at the local church to serve those that are in need.

66. At the end of the year I do a good cleaning out of my pantry and we donate different food items to charity.

67. My son Jason enjoys helping the homeless whether it’s helping with an organized meal or putting together care packages.
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68. We are a family of Cub Scouts and a Boy Scout so we volunteer all year, but the holiday season, we try to doa little extra. This year,w e have organized a Toy Drive and adopted a platoon so that we can give locally and also appreciate the Troops who cannot get home for the holiday

69. I will encourage by helping at the local food bank with my family.

70. By helping feed the homeless during their christmas dinner

71. We donate towels, clothes, books, toys, and other household items to charity. Our old towels go to a local non-profit organization called Cats Exclusive. Sometimes we donate our old books to the hospital because they have a lobby with shelves full of books. Patients and visitors can buy the used books for 25 cents to $1 so the hospital makes money for new equipment while those stuck in the hospital have plenty of choice of reading material. I used to volunteer at the hospital gift shop a few years back.

72. we will volunteer for some community projects . we enjoy them as a family

73. We try to provide a good example for the kids.

74. I guess today would be a good example of how I encourage my children. Today we bought 50 blankets from menards @1.50 each and brought them to our local animal shelter, while we were there my kiddos got to help feed the animals.. It was a great learning day for them.

75. We wrap packages at the church to be given away with the food boxes.
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77. Two of my teenagers volunteer every Thursday at the service center (we homeschool so they have a more flexible schedule) .One works in the food pantry and the other one works in the clothing room with me.My other teenager helps out in the backpack mission so that children get a food on the weekends to have at home.My husband and younger son help out on weekends at special events like the fundraiser yard sales or the toy giveaways at Christmas.

78. We donate their old used toys and clothes to the less fortunate. Thank you

79. By going to the local hospice and helping to make the families a little happier with a talk and some smiling.

80. We’re part of a local Jeep club – and many of our get-togethers include some kind of donations for the community. We already collected sleeping bags for the homeless (over 3,000 bags!), socks for the shelter (in the thousands!), and toys for a local toy drive!

81. Donating food to the food bank

82. We usually donated canned foods to our local food bank.

83. I am donating toys to toys for tots.

84. My children and I help out at our church collecting food and toys for families that need a hand.

85. My children and I make blessing bags that we keep in the car and we hand them out to the homeless people we see.

86. We volunteer 2 visit and call shutins & 2 check on them and assist my elderly mom full time.

87. My kids like to pick an angel from the angel tree every year to help other kids who are in more need. We also volunteer at the MD food bank a couple of times a year

88. I am making volunteering as a family part of our experiential advent calendar.

89. We’re going to donate toys and food.

90. My Children come and help and visit the children in the Nursing home I work in. not to many family members come to see my clients so the children cheer them up.

91. My children always adopt kids at Christmas time and buy them clothes, toys, and food.

92. Each year they go with us to volunteer at our local soup kitchen. This year they have gone door to door in our neighborhood collecting clothes and shoes to give to the homeless shelter.

93. We volunteer and donate get involved a lot through the community and scout opportunities to give back and help

94. I no longer have family at home so it’s just me to do whatever I can.

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