As seen in Newsday's Act Two Section on February 13, 2010:Although volunteering doesn't give a paycheck, it does offer many significant fringe benefits including lower rates of depression and fewer health problems.
If you are looking for some volunteer opportunities, try getinvolved.gov, the Web site operated by Senior Corps. You can narrow the search by ZIP code and by the type of work that interests you.
AARP also has a volunteer-jobs search engine that can be localized by ZIP code at
createthegood.org.
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