9 vital questions to ask before embarking on a volunteer vacation
Volunteer vacations are popular with gap-year students, retired seniors, and millions of people in between. Perhaps youโre just starting to travel again, for the first time in a long time, considering the pandemic, and youโre thinking about a volunteer vacation.
5 ways your kids can help Houston-area seniors in need
With kids out of school, you can encourage them to help Houston-area seniors in need while practicing social distancing as a way to volunteer their time and to relieve their boredom at home. Here are five ways you can encourage your kids to help out:Create a gift basket. Kids can help out by picking up trash from the grass, picking out weeds, and planting beautiful flowers to keep seniorsโ yards clean and pretty for the spring season. Seniors and parents should ensure that the yardwork is okay to be performed by the kids before starting. Kids can interview a senior by asking questions about their youth, and about any events they may have lived through.