Ways You Can Help

(0:00) Okay, this is going to be a quick, fast run through some ideas of how you can help in (0:05) your community, how you can be an ally, how you can make a difference, how you can help. (0:10) So we're going to do this quick and fast. (0:13) 

Foster families, can you be a foster family? (0:17) If not, there are still often many ways that you can help, whether that is doing donations (0:24) of clothing or toys or bags to be able to move the kids from point A to point B to point C to point D. (0:33) A lot of times there's a lot of moving and they only have trash bags.(0:36) 

Your local library, usually they have some sort of fundraising where maybe they have a bookstore (0:43) that they do year round or maybe a book sale once a year, once every six months. (0:50) Being able to read to other kids, to help in the computer lab, to help dust. (0:55) Ask, ask, ask, see what you can do.(0:58) 

Clothing drive, you can donate to your local domestic violence shelter. (1:03) You can donate clothes to your local homeless shelter. (1:07) You can donate clothes to your local shower program.(1:12) There's also in many communities a get somebody back to work level up kind of program (1:18) where they teach you how to do an interview. (1:22) They teach you how to dress appropriately and they even have clothes that are available. (1:27) Things are going to be more expensive.(1:29) Many towns have an opportunity for you to donate clothes for the prom, for example. (1:37) 

Get involved with your local food pantry. (1:39) You can donate your grocery bags so that they have bags for the people that are leaving (1:44) with groceries from the food pantry.(1:47) You can donate food. (1:48) You can volunteer. (1:50) 

You can volunteer at your local senior center.(1:54) Visiting with seniors or helping play on game day, Meals on Wheels, excellent program. (2:01) Are you a midwife? (2:02) 

Are you thinking about being a midwife or do you need a midwife? (2:06) Find your lane, right? (2:07) Can you teach self-defense or do you need to learn self-defense? (2:12) Do you understand how budgeting works? (2:14) Tariffs bring prices way up, right? (2:17) So maybe you're the person who needs to help teach other people how to do budgeting (2:22) in their family. (2:23) 

Environmental, you can document what you're seeing.(2:28) What are the birds in the area, especially if you live near anything of environmental concern? (2:34) What does the water look like? (2:36) What is the air? (2:37) These are all simple things where you can find what you actually enjoy and do more of that. (2:44) 

​Not only are you going to be able to find your own tribe to give you support, but you're (2:49) going to be able to support that tribe too. (2:51) These are just a couple of quick stat things.(2:54) There are a million more ways to get involved. (2:56) Please, please do.