Where have your teens volunteered?

When I was in high school, I volunteered at an animal shelter and I loved it. I was there 1-2 times a week for 2-3 hours after school. Since I didn't have much experience with dogs they didn't have me walking them, but I gave tours of the (small) facility and socialized the cats. If the visitor was interested in one of our adoptees, I brought them to the desk where an admin gave them a form and talked them through the application process.

The only thing I could think of that might make finding a volunteer position more difficult is if she's only offering 3 weeks. A lot of places (in my experience anyway) like to have more commitment.

My kids started volunteering at the local food bank when they were in elementary school (had to have an adult present until they were 12?!? Continued all through high school. Animal shelters are usually over run around here with kids wanting to walk dogs. Nursing homes are always desperate for volunteers - they need people to read to the residents, play an instrument, paint nails. Hospitals need greeters, gift shop attendants etc. My son tutored through a program for at risk youth. They also did robotics camps, but that was a requirement for their team to support their outreach program. Check to see if your community has a volunteer match program, you might be surprised at how many organizations really need help.

Horse ranch where she rides.

Scouts, the library reading program, vacation bible school, youth group activities, and a lot of lazy days. My kids were great students and I left a lot of the summer for them to unwind and just relax. Boredom is a good thing! We also had sleepovers, pool days, and traveled a lot over the summer.

Library & VBS are popular around here.

My kids are turning 13 &15 this summer and are volunteer coaches for our summer swim team. They just help the regular coaches with the little kids. The goal is that next year they maybe able to get a job as a jr coach.

My older two volunteered through school programs, mentoring elementary kids.

Our district did a summer meals program for kids and our youngest volunteered there for two summers.

Is there a children's museum near you? When I was the educational director for our local children' museum we had a lot of teen volunteers. Our library is always looking for volunteers too.

Mine did the public library, packing food for needy at a local church.

These are awesome ideas. My kids volunteered making meals (when they were younger it was an assembly style prep with adults). When they were older teens, they cooked and prepped themselves. I really like the nursing home idea. I used to volunteer at one and I loved listening to the residents' stories.

Yep, all these!

Animal shelter, but they did have to have me sign a permission slip that released the shelter of any legal liability (if they were to get bit by a dog, for example).

The local zoo was a good one for DD19. She worked with animals and worked at summer camp. She got about 100 hours a summer.

Local park & rec summer program, playing music at nursing homes and the library with his chamber group, working with the younger students at dance school, soup kitchen, church activities (VBS, readers, and altar servers). They both did a variety of volunteer activities over the years.