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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of how much of my time is taken up with child-related stuff (two young elementary kids), the past few years most of my volunteer hours have centered around the kids' schools/activities. You could argue that it's not necessarily charitable because most of the kids involved aren't coming from financial difficulty, but I think that's arguably short-sighted. If I run a couple of PTA fundraisers and part of what the PTA does with that money is provide school supplies and field trip funds for kids whose families can't afford those things and free family events they can attend, it does benefit lower income families in the community. Same with volunteering to coach a sports team -- free parent coaching keeps the cost of rec programs way down and makes them more accessible to lower income families. I do direct more of my financial contributions to organizations that don't benefit from my time and do benefit those with greater need, though, and once my kids are a bit older, there are a couple of organizations I would like to start working with more.[/quote]

Forgot to answer the original question, I volunteer at least 100 hours a year, but those hours tend to come in spurts rather than being evenly distributed throughout the year.[/quote]

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