Somewhere on this blog, I wrote about an idea I had for social justice. I was lamenting the fact that it was hard to find places to volunteer at the random times I had free – most organizations needed help during the day when I was at work, or needed 3-4 nights a week in a city 5 hours away. Which I also can’t do. I was wishing there was a website that could help me find local needs that I could practically help out with. Without spending weeks searching.
Leave it up to Google. AllForGood.org is not as robust as I was thinking, but it is a good start. Change your location to your city, and then search for categories of things to help with – education, food, health, etc. See their locations on a Google Map. Share with your friends. Pretty slick.
One idea I have: I would like to see a calendar added to it also, so that you can search by date as well as location and category. But give it a whirl to see if there is something near you that you can help with.
UPDATE: I found the post that I originally wrote about this:
Social Action For the Common Person
Also, once I got signed up and started poking around, I did see that there is a fuction to look by some dates: “today”, “this week”, etc. Just not a full calendar to click on upcoming days and times you are free.
Hi Matt… just left a comment on what I discovered was an old blog of yours so I am leaving another comment here… sorry if you get two… just wondering where you attend church in dallas. My husband and I moved back to Dallas last year and are still looking for a good church home. I like your theology and am curious where you go to church? Would really love to visit… hard to find authenticity and diversity sometimes. Please let us know if you don’t mind?! Thanks! sarah & nate
Sarah – sorry for the delay in response. I’ve neglected this blog for a while! We go to Grace Vineyard Community Fellowship – http://www.gvcf.org in Arlington.