Volunteering Opportunities In The United States

Tue, 08/23/2011 - 08:00 | Sarah Palmer

Originally posted at GO! Overseas.

Volunteer travel brings myriad opportunities to explore new places, meet diverse people, and get your hands dirty working on a worthy project. So why do many volunteers—in particular, Americans—overlook the United States as a destination? The third largest nation, and one of the youngest, the U.S. is a 3.79 million square mile patchwork of unique places with 310 million people.

Let’s take a look at just a few of the volunteer programs operating throughout the U.S., and how you can get involved!

EAST COAST

WHAT’S NEEDED~

Much of the eastern United States is comprised of industrial towns or sprawling urban areas like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, D.C., and Atlanta. But what if we move a little bit further in to the less-developed areas of Appalachia, we’ll find a region in great need of improved education, renovations to houses and community buildings, and even upkeep on its famous 2,180-mile-long trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine...