Originally Posted By jdub <a href="http://www.mindshares.org/MADD2004_DAYtaBANK/StartProjectFinderv3.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.mindshares.org/MADD 2004_DAYtaBANK/StartProjectFinderv3.cfm</a> The "national day of doing good" is almost back. The site lets you enter your ZIP & (with any luck) find local opportunities. According to the site, "Make A Difference Day began with a simple idea: Put your own cares on hold for one day to care for someone else."
Originally Posted By jdub So peoples-- have you done the search? Anything interesting posted in your neighborhood? A lot of stuff I see seems to be closed group stuff, except for a creek cleanup. But everything is different, community by community.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Everytime I try to click on the link for my area I get an error message. Sigh.
Originally Posted By Ursula Okay, there are a few near my work, but the links for info doesn't work and I get an error message.
Originally Posted By jdub I'm getting a lot of that, too; I'm starting to wonder if the volunteer opportunities have been updated from last year's list.
Originally Posted By jdub Update--I saw posters up around town yesterday, so "Make a Difference Day" must be still alive, even if the website's a little messed up...
Originally Posted By MissCandice Here is the link for this year: <a href="http://usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html" target="_blank">http://usaweekend.com/diffday/ index.html</a>
Originally Posted By jdub Well, there IS the option to register an event you create-- but >I< certainly prefer to start by horning in on something already established, myself! Part of what's cool about this is it's kind of an opportunity to dip in a toe & check whether a certain volunteer opportunity would be a good fit on an ongoing basis.
Originally Posted By jdub Okay-- 3 days to go. I saw a bunch of listings in this morning's paper for projects. 'Any of you located something good to try out where you are?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I'm already volunteering at a community event that day -- not in conjunction with Make a Difference Day officially, but it does make a difference. By the way, it's Saturday, October 22 this year.
Originally Posted By jdub D'oh! And yes, it DOES make a difference! I also have my regular stuff I do, but this looks like a good opporunity to try something different for a day, see what I think. Looks like a may be getting muddy--REAL mud, as opposed to the virtual stuff here in the World Events section!
Originally Posted By Pirate Pete Saturday is the 22nd (not 23rd)in case that mattered to anyones schedule...
Originally Posted By jdub Yeah, I originally picked the date up from an earlier version of the website, without checking my calendar. To confirm, the actual date is SATURDAY, and the website is www.makeadifferenceday.org.
Originally Posted By jdub Here we go: <a href="http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.usaweekend.com/diff day/index.html</a>
