From work to family responsibilities, it’s hard to find a time to volunteer. We get it! In an effort to help, we’ve rounded up a few volunteering activities that are easy and straightforward. <\/p>\n
Make sure you register on the Global Days of Service<\/a> website before starting a project so that you are counted as a volunteer.<\/em><\/p>\n Charity Miles<\/em> lets you turn a neighborhood jog or weekend hike into a fundraiser for good. Just choose a charity and get moving! For every mile you log, you help to earn money for your chosen charity. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n Set your difficulty level and choose from categories such as geography, foreign languages, and math. For every question you answer correctly, FreeRice<\/em> will donate the equivalent of 10 grains of rice! The game is available on the web, the App Store, and Google Play Store. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n Project Implicit<\/em> is a non-profit network of researchers investigating the subconscious way our minds work. Take psychological tests online to help scientists better understand society\u2019s hidden prejudices and how we might tackle them. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n A perfect activity to do with kids! Donate your time and creativity to make handmade cards for Cards for Hospitalized Kids<\/em>. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n Color a Smile<\/em> is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, US troops overseas, and anyone in need of a smile. Just print a color-in page from colorasmile.org, color it with crayons or markers, sign it with your first name and age, and mail it! Register here<\/a><\/p>\n Love for the Elderly<\/em> is a program that collects cards and mails them to elders in senior communities across the globe. Take a few minutes to sit down and write a letter to an elder (a stranger) telling them about yourself, maybe say a joke or a riddle and let them know that they are loved. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n The Global Days of Service site works similarly to an e-commerce website as it allows you to individually add projects to your shopping cart. To checkout, please click on the shopping cart displayed on the right-hand side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s hard to find a time to volunteer, we get it! Here are volunteering activities that are easy & straightforward. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16028,"featured_media":11002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,5],"tags":[892,193,192,94,314,884,893,104,887,131,191,882,888,890],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_566706778-800x600.jpg","agg_excerpt":"It's hard to find a time to volunteer, we get it! Here are volunteering activities that are easy & straightforward.","agg_title":"Easy, one-time volunteering projects","media_icon":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10991"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11063,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10991\/revisions\/11063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Take a walk or go for a run<\/h2>\n
Play free online games and quizzes<\/h2>\n
Make a few handmade cards<\/h2>\n
How to register<\/h4>\n