I have written about volunteering here for the packing of school supplies for those who were affected by floods.
It was definitely a fun learning experience for me who used to be a volunteer too.
I know it takes a tragedy for some people (maybe I am one of those) to decide to do volunteer work, however short, or sacrifice not buying a few choice items like make up, a new dress, a new pair of shoes, eye wrinkle cream and even a dinner in a fancy restaurant to be able to get some items needed by those who were affected by these kinds of tragedies.
Time can also be given, not just material things.
Last week I heard a call for help, for emotional relief goods but booo! to me, I was not able to jot down the group needing volunteers for this. Tsk, tsk.