Our theme for this week's
#GivingEveryTuesday is giving your skills. Let's take a look at microvolunteering, a simple idea that offers volunteers a series of easy tasks that can be done anytime, anywhere, on your own terms.
The demand for short-term flexible volunteering opportunities seems to be increasing because of busy, unpredictable lifestyles, as well as pandemic related restrictions to traditional volunteering.
Microvolunteering can happen online or offline though: baking a cake for a charity sale, distributing leaflets or planting a tree are all examples.
How to do it: Check out apps like bemyeyesapp, charitymiles, Skills for Change or campaigns like
#2MinuteBeachClean. Be sure to check in with your favorite nonprofit to see if you can get added to their crew of passionate, but time-strapped, micro-volunteers! Maybe you can even help them get ready for their
#GivingTuesday campaign!