9 Ways to Use Your Volunteer Days That You’ll Actually Look Forward To
glamour.com, with two-thirds of companies offering PTO in exchange for doing good. Just like your vacation days, this is your time—and, more importantly, this is time your company is paying you to put towards something outside the office you’re really passionate about.
What’s not to love? Depending on your company’s policy, you might look for day-long volunteer events where you can ditch the office to work for a good cause or you might able to break paid volunteer days up into hourly increments, meaning you could spend one morning a week volunteering your time as a girls running coach or working in a community garden instead of at your desk.
Not sure where to start? Here are nine organizations where you can use your volunteer days in ways you’ll actually look forward to.
There is no surer way to feel excited about the future of women and girls than by spending a season coaching with , a non-profit after-school program for 3rd through 5th graders that teaches empowerment through running. (Or, is Girls on the Run’s sister program for 6th to 8th graders.) If you can split your volunteer days into hourly increments, consider spending a season as a coach helping girls train for a 5k (no running experience necessary).
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