Saturday marks USA Weekend Magazine’s annual Make a Difference Day, described as “a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.” The magazine reports that for the 2007 event, 3 million people volunteered on thousands of projects nationwide.
USA Weekend also sponsors an awards program for individuals and groups who register their volunteer efforts. Last year, the magazine recognized Best Buy for its efforts to refurbish a park damaged by Hurricane Rita.
You can use the Idea Generator to create your own volunteer project, or find an existing project in their database; my search today came up with nine projects in the Twin Cities metro. For more projects, Hands On Twin Cities has its own database of hundreds of local opportunities.
- Crystal Colby, MCF’s web communications associate
