{"id":29,"date":"2019-03-04T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2020-09-26T17:10:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T21:10:27","slug":"how-can-i-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/promoting-occupational-therapy\/how-can-i-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/promotingot\/files\/2019\/03\/OTGDS-636x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"167\" class=\"wp-image-15 alignleft\" \/>How Can I Help?<\/p>\n<p>Service is not always about direct action\u2014it can be providing free professional, creative and organizational services which can have an equally profound effect on the programs and causes that need your help. Basically, when you engage in an unpaid activity intended to benefit others, that is service.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are just a few examples of activities\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentoring<\/li>\n<li>Activity Days for Underserved Children<\/li>\n<li>CarFit Event<\/li>\n<li>Safety Checks for those Aging in Place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic Tutoring<\/li>\n<li>Drug and Alcohol Awareness<\/li>\n<li>Literacy Organizations<\/li>\n<li>Parent education event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Environmental<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neighborhood Clean-ups<\/li>\n<li>Playground Repairs<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability through Recycling, Creating Gardens, &amp; Starting Composting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donating Blood<\/li>\n<li>Fundraising Walks<\/li>\n<li>Companionship\u00a0(<em>To a person with\u00a0<\/em><em>Alzheimer\u2019s disease, cancer, MS, HIV\/AIDS, Parkinson\u2019s, and other conditions that limit community participation<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic Violence Centers<\/li>\n<li>Rape Crisis Centers<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s Organizations<\/li>\n<li>Displaced Persons or Refugee Services<\/li>\n<li>Disaster Relief or preparedness<\/li>\n<li>Homeless Shelters<\/li>\n<li>Food Banks<\/li>\n<li>Food and Clothing Drives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spiritual\/Religious<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentoring for Youth Organizations<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering in your House of Worship<\/li>\n<li>Determining ways for those with Disabilities to Access their Places of Worship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Register to volunteer today! (Link in homepage).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Can I Help? Service is not always about direct action\u2014it can be providing free professional, creative and organizational services which can have an equally profound effect on the programs and causes that need your help. Basically, when you engage in an unpaid activity intended to benefit others, that is service. Here are just a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13994,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/92"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}