April 20 – Volunteer Recognition Day

Posted on April 20, 2016

Today is a great day to thank volunteers in your community for the unpaid service they give.

It's also a great day to start volunteering yourself! (Hopefully in an ongoing kind of way, not for just a day.)

And it's also a great day to donate money to a volunteer organization!

• Here is an article that can help you decide where to volunteer.

• Here is a volunteer organization that is still little known but very cool. 
  I know the teen that started KUYA Movement; he has products you can order featuring his own gorgeous artwork, and the profits go toward causes such as feeding the homeless.
  
  In addition to the website, KUYA has a Facebook pageand Instagram and Twitter feeds. Consider checking out this movement – and maybe even making a purchase!

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  Another of my friends volunteers for Citizens' Climate Lobby – and organization that works on one of the most important problems of our time: global climate change.  This would be a great organization to join!

What is your favorite volunteer organization?

Also on this date:

Chinese Language Day 

Anniversary of the demonstration of the first American electron microscope

Anniversary of the start of Jacques Cartier's Voyage of Discovery

Detective Story Day

Peppercorn Day in Bermuda

Plan ahead:

Check out my Pinterest boards for:

• April holidays
• April birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in April

And here are my Pinterest boards for:

• May holidays
• May birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in May