Here are a few ideas to help get you started...

1. Are you interested in being a teacher? Volunteer to tutor someone at your school or volunteer with your local library to read along with a struggling reader. 2. Do you like construction? Help out at a Habitat for Humanity construction site, building an affordable home for a family. 3. Do you like sports? After-school programs and kids’ sports teams are often eager to get help from student volunteer coaches or referees. 4. Do you like to cook? Homeless shelters can always use an extra pair of hands to prepare and serve food.

5. Are you good at public relations? Help a charity raise money or awareness for their cause. 6. Do you love animals? Animal shelters can always use help. 7. How crafty are you? Put your knitting or crochet skills to good use by crafting a hat or blanket for a cancer patient or a premature baby in the hospital. 8. Interested in the environment? Conservation areas and provincial and national parks often need help with clean-up events. 9. Do you have an interest in helping people with technology? Teach people how to use online conferencing software, social media, computers or mobile devices. 10. Even if you help a neighbour by picking up their groceries for them, checking in on them or even just being a friend—you are doing a valuable service. There is nothing better for someone living alone than to simply have someone to talk to. Every act of kindness you do will make others feel good and it will help you, as well.