Car Donations and Other Ways to Help Your Community

Do you wish you could do something to help better your community but feel as though you don't have much to give? Luckily, there are many ways you can do this, not all of which require monetary sacrifice.

Ways to Help the Community

• Volunteer to teach a class at a local community center.
• Start a collection for those who have experienced tragedy.
• Clean up trash around your neighborhood or local park.
• Visit nursing homes and help cheer up those residing there.
• Get a group together and visit the elderly at their homes with holiday carols.
• Shovel the driveway or mow the lawn for an elderly neighbor.
• Organize a food drive to donate to a local food bank.
• Volunteer your time at a soup kitchen.
• Create little "goodie bags" with things like snacks to hand out to the homeless.
• Volunteer at your local animal shelter.
• Take your pet to visit a nursing home or hospital patients.
• Organize a collection of supplies to benefit a local animal shelter.
• Adopt a pet in need.
• Plant a neighborhood garden and share the benefits with your neighbors.
• Take trash to local recycling bins.
• Donate clothes to a homeless shelter or a collection box.
• Donate books to your local library or schools.
• Volunteer to tutor kids who could not afford it otherwise.
• Volunteer to help with activities for kids with special needs.
• Volunteer to help build houses for those in need.
• Volunteer to help with disaster relief, even branching out to help other parts of the country or even the world.
• Make car donations. Car donations Madison can benefit a variety of people in many different ways.

As you can see, donations do not always have to be financial. If you have time and a willingness to help, there are plenty of things you can do. There are so many charities out there that are doing their best to make a difference, but many of these charities cannot make such a difference without the help of volunteers like you. Pick a charity that really means something to you and reach out them. It is not likely that your help or contribution will be turned away. If you are ready to go, check out what Rawhide does and how you may be able to help them in their mission!