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fckcarrots t1_j47d229 wrote

Hey Mr. Smith,

Thanks for taking time to reach out on a platform that’s new to you. My question is, for a young professional who makes a comfortable enough salary to travel recreationally, what would be the best way to incorporate volunteerism into that? I did quite a bit with organizations in high school and college, but it’s seems like as we get settled into our careers, married, kids, etc. that life kind of gets in the way. It’s hard enough to find time just for a trip here and there.

I’d like service to become a regular thing, and if I could incorporate it into the travel I already do, it would help make it more commonplace with me, my friends, family etc.

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jcravens42 t1_j488sr7 wrote

It's difficult to incorporate volunteering into travel you are doing for business because more organizations don't have the capacity to involve volunteers that aren't from the area. And drop-in-anytime volunteering is rare.

Most beach cleanups and trail cleanups allow you to pre-register, and you don't have to be from the area, so if you do some research before you are in an area and see if you can find that, you can sign up.

You can certainly arrange travel volunteering, like through HistoriCorps, which mobilizes volunteers to restore historic sites on public lands. State Departments of Fish and Wildlife often have volunteering weekends, where volunteers camp and spend their days restoring habitat or counting wildlife or releasing fish.

Such opportunities are noted on r/volunteer sometimes.

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