This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of volunteer organizations, nor an attempt to endorse one charity over another; it serves only as an example to present several organizations where one may volunteer.
Consider keeping a record of your volunteer activities using our Good Works Form. Your activities can then be uploaded to our database once complete, where they will be reflected in your profile and in your point status, helping you earn rewards and build trust!
Charity can also be considered a work of mercy. There are two types of works of mercy, corporal and spiritual.
The traditional enumeration of the corporal works of mercy is as follows:
-To feed the hungry
-To give drink to the thirsty
-To clothe the naked
-To harbour the harbourless
-To visit the sick
-To ransom the captive
-To bury the dead
The spiritual works of mercy are:
-To instruct the ignorant
-To counsel the doubtful
-To admonish sinners
-To bear wrongs patiently
-To forgive offences willingly
-To comfort the afflicted
-To pray for the living and the dead
“Modern society calls the beggar bum and panhandler and gives him the bum's rush. But the Greeks used to say that people in need are the ambassadors of the gods.”