Environment
What is environmental volunteering?
It's helping nature without being paid money for it.
What is food volunteering?
It is helping collect or harvest food for those who cannot buy enough food for themselves.
What is animal volunteering?
It is helping animals or animal organizations without pay.
Who does homelessness volunteering help?
People with no permanent home or place to live.
What is an example of a prison volunteering organization?
Yellow Ribbon Project
Give one example of environmental volunteering
Removing invasive species (removing plants that are not native to the area)
Planting trees
Collecting trash
What is one kind of food volunteering?
Soup kitchen, food bank, or gleaning.
Give one example of animal volunteering!
helping clean their pens, playing with the animals to help them recover from trauma, or working behind the scenes are zoos or aquariums
What can you do to help the homeless?
Give food or clothing or just spend time with them
What is an example of a military volunteer organization?
Operation Yellow Ribbon
What are the three areas of environmental volunteering?
Land, Water, Air
What is a soup kitchen?
It is a building that serves hot food to people who need it for free.
Would playing with puppies at the pet shelter be animal volunteering?
Yes!
Is homelessness common in extreme weather states?
No, not as common as temperate states
What does Project Yellow Ribbon do?
Write letters to recent ex-convicts, or people who just left prison.
What is an example of environmental volunteering in Korea?
Beach Clean Up
What is a food bank?
It is a building that collects canned food to give to the poor.
What is the most famous animal volunteer group in America?
The SPCA
What is an example of homelessness volunteering in Korea?
PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) in Seoul
What does Operation Yellow Ribbon do?
People write letters to soldiers with no families.
What is an example of an invasive species in America?
Asian carp in the Great Lakes
What is gleaning?
It is harvesting food from the field to give to food banks.
What does SPCA stand for?
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
What religion started volunteering in America?
Protestantism
What does the yellow ribbon stand for?
It means "Support Our Troops"