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  • Making homes more accessible

    Volunteers with the Madison County Rotary Club build accessible ramps for people who need help getting in and out of their homes.

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  • Churches combating hunger

    In partnership with churches across north Georgia, There's Hope for the Hungry holds monthly events to distribute groceries to families in need. The organization helped roughly 10,000 families in 2022.

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  • Dog adoptions via social media

    To help with an overflow of animals in need of adoption following the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers with Barrow County Animal Control post pictures and personality profiles of available dogs on social media. Roughly half of the shelter's walk-ins now hear about available pets through the social media page.

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  • Preventing learning slides over summer vacation

    Books for Keeps hosts free book fairs to keep children and their families reading year-round. In 2022, the organization gave away more than 58,000 books, the most it has ever donated in a single year.

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  • "Brave to Rebuild": how volunteers are helping to rebuild Kyiv region after russia's invasion

    A group of volunteers in Ukraine created the Brave to Rebuild initiative to clear debris and make necessary repairs to homes that were destroyed in the war so their inhabitants can spend the winter in them.

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  • From socks and sit pads to rebuilding Ukraine: how knitters help soldiers survive cold

    Knitted Things For Soldiers is a volunteer group run through Facebook that sends knit, woven, and sewn items to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Those who want to participate but need to learn how to knit can learn from experienced knitters' posts online.

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  • Losing cat in Mariupol, only to later recognize it in photo: how public organization "Vyvezemo" evacuates animals from occupied territories

    Vyvezemo is a volunteer-led organization evacuating animals from gray and occupied zones in Ukraine. The volunteers rescue stray cats and cats submitted on a Google form by owners who cannot return to get them.

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  • Douglas County woman strengthens democracy through ballot pickup service

    In Douglas County, Nebraska, a volunteer effort called Ballot Buddies collects sealed mail-in ballots from voters and delivers them to official Election Commission drop boxes. During the 2020 presidential election, vetted volunteers delivered hundreds of ballots at a time when the U.S. Postal Service was experiencing significant delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Volunteer acompañantes in Mexico aid at-home abortions. Their network is expanding to Texas.

    Mexican volunteer networks such as Necesito Arbortar, which counsels and supports women through at-home abortions, are training volunteers from the United States to develop their own "acompañamiento" systems in the wake of new restrictions on reproductive care. Though Necesito Abortar has not yet found a way to donate needed medication to people seeking abortion in nearby Texas, the organization has been fielding roughly 70 calls per day since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, providing information and assistance to Americans who need abortion care or want to help ensure access on their side of the border.

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  • "I wanted to quit a million times, but how will they be without me?": how the Dnipro shelter saves animals from the front line

    The We Are for the Right to Life animal shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, cares for animal refugees by treating their injuries and health issues and giving them a place to stay until they can be rehomed.

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