Fall's here, it's time to volunteer

Now, that I'm almost back on track after a long vacation, I'm almost ready to volunteer to help at lunch at Long Beach Rescue Mission. But I've been meaning to post this list of volunteer options featured in the AARP Magazine a few months ago.

• My Soldier Send letters and packages to deployed soldiers
• National Park Service Oodles of opportunities to help keep our parks running
• Share Our Strength Be a cook's assistant in nutrition classes for underprivileged young people
• Citizen Schools After training, you can teach after-school classes about job opportunities
• Experience Corps After training, you can help a child learn to read
• Rebuilding Together Help repair homes of elderly or disabled people
• Twilight Wish Help make an older person's wish come true
• Kiva Make a small loan to help a small business expand
• Threshold Choir Join singing group that performs to uplift the spirits of severely ill people
• Care Host a party to spread the work about Care activities and raise money
• National CASA Be a court-appointed special advocate for abused or neglected children
• International Rescue Committee Help refugees adjust to their new life in the US
• Pink Heart Funds Cut off your ponytail of six inches or more to make wigs for victims of cancer and other diseases