Do you work with a specific community or organization, or just take opportunities as they come up?
What type of volunteer work do you like to do? Do you like the stuff where you are just a warm body - someone to hold a sign or greet people? Or more involved tasks that are more like professional work? What about shudders door knocking?
I volunteer as a receptionist at a free-entry-but-donations-funded art gallery. Probably the most comfortable volunteer position anyone will ever have, as it’s really flexible with my university commitments.
Surprisingly, something I really like about it is seeing all the people there and getting to talk to them, and the work environment is very nice. There are a lot of responsibilities involved too, which is both good and bad, but I like that I get to sit in front of a laptop and check emails when I’m not greeting people or selling stuff.
I considered door knocking in the past, thinking I had no choice because the ecosystem of different volunteer roles wasn’t that varied. Glad that I didn’t, it’s definitely shudder inducing. It’s also kind of hard to see it as useful. Although, I did almost volunteer to do it for a fledgling political party I used to belong too, and I would’ve followed through on that.