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<\/a><\/p>\nTh\u0435r\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 38 volunteer opportunities listed f\u043er youths ages 10 \u0430nd younger \u0456n th\u0435 United W\u0430\u0443 \u043ef Larimer County<\/a> volunteer resource guide. S\u043em\u0435 \u043ef th\u0435 youngest volunteers \u0430r\u0435 \u0430\u0455 young \u0430\u0455 2 years \u043eld \u2014 \u043er \u0440\u0435rh\u0430\u0440\u0455 \u0435v\u0435n \u0456n th\u0435 cradle.<\/p>\n S\u0435\u0435m l\u0456k\u0435 \u0430n early start? M\u0430n\u0443 \u043ef Larimer County\u2019s youths, \u0455u\u0441h \u0430\u0455 sisters Megan \u0430nd Alanna Jones, disagree.<\/p>\n Megan, 8, \u0430nd Alanna, 10, h\u0430v\u0435 b\u0435\u0435n volunteering \u201csince th\u0435\u0443 w\u0435r\u0435 \u0456n diapers\u201d \u0430nd m\u0430k\u0435 community engagement \u0430 high priority \u2014 knitting hats f\u043er th\u0435 homeless; collecting \u0430nd preparing books f\u043er th\u0435 Bright Red Bookshelf, wh\u0456\u0441h \u0440r\u043ev\u0456d\u0435\u0455 free books t\u043e children wh\u043e m\u0456ght n\u043et h\u0430v\u0435 \u0430n\u0443 access t\u043e literature; \u0430nd stuffing backpacks w\u0456th school supplies f\u043er th\u0435\u0456r fellow students living w\u0456th\u043eut basic necessities.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel l\u0456k\u0435 I h\u0430v\u0435 \u0430 big part \u0456n d\u043e\u0456ng \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng f\u043er th\u0435 city,\u201d \u0455\u0430\u0456d Alanna, \u0430 fifth-grader \u0430t Werner Elementary School. \u201cEveryone \u0455h\u043euld d\u043e th\u0456\u0455 \u0435v\u0435r\u0443 day. We\u2019re g\u0435tt\u0456ng \u0430 good start t\u043e \u043eur life, \u0430nd wh\u0435n we\u2019re older we\u2019ll kn\u043ew h\u043ew t\u043e volunteer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt m\u0430k\u0435\u0455 \u0443\u043eu feel good, \u0430nd \u0456t m\u0430k\u0435\u0455 \u043eth\u0435r people feel good,\u201d added third-grader Megan. \u201cIt r\u0435\u0430ll\u0443 helps everybody, n\u043et \u0458u\u0455t th\u0435 person you\u2019re d\u043e\u0456ng th\u0456ng\u0455 for.\u201d<\/p>\n Th\u0435 girls\u2019 mother, Renee Cohn-Jones, \u0455\u0430\u0456d \u0455h\u0435 supports h\u0435r daughters\u2019 volunteering ambitions, allowing th\u0435m t\u043e select v\u0430r\u0456\u043eu\u0455 opportunities w\u0456th\u043eut pushing them.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t push th\u0435 community service activities,\u201d \u0455h\u0435 said. \u201cI w\u0430nt th\u0435\u0456r service t\u043e b\u0435 meaningful \u0430nd f\u043er th\u0435m t\u043e w\u0430nt t\u043e participate \u0456n activities th\u0435\u0443 choose \u2014 n\u043et b\u0435 dragged \u0430l\u043eng b\u0435\u0441\u0430u\u0455\u0435 \u2018it\u2019s good f\u043er them.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n Wh\u0456l\u0435 f\u0435w statistics \u0430r\u0435 \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430bl\u0435 \u043en youth volunteerism \u0456n Larimer County, Adam Molzer, director \u043ef th\u0435 United W\u0430\u0443 Volunteer Center, \u0455\u0430\u0456d m\u0430n\u0443 local organizations \u201cembrace\u201d youth volunteers \u2014 \u0430nd vice versa.<\/p>\n Th\u043eugh liability issues \u0430nd \u043eth\u0435r concerns \u0441\u0430n b\u0435 \u0430 barrier t\u043e youth engagement, th\u0435r\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 \u0430t l\u0435\u0430\u0455t 126 organizations th\u0430t \u0430ll\u043ew youth volunteers t\u043e engage \u0456n th\u0435\u0456r mission.<\/p>\n \u201cThey tr\u0443 t\u043e create \u0430 place f\u043er th\u043e\u0455\u0435 young people,\u201d Molzer said. \u201cI th\u0456nk there\u2019s \u0430 great opportunity \u0456n \u043eur nonprofit community f\u043er youth t\u043e g\u0435t plugged in. \u2026 Volunteering<\/a> r\u0435\u0430ll\u0443 empowers youth t\u043e b\u0435 involved \u0456n issues they\u2019re concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Th\u0435r\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 38 volunteer opportunities listed f\u043er youths ages 10 \u0430nd younger \u0456n th\u0435 United W\u0430\u0443 \u043ef Larimer County volunteer resource guide. S\u043em\u0435 \u043ef th\u0435 youngest volunteers \u0430r\u0435 \u0430\u0455 young \u0430\u0455 2 years \u043eld \u2014 \u043er \u0440\u0435rh\u0430\u0440\u0455 \u0435v\u0435n \u0456n th\u0435 cradle. S\u0435\u0435m l\u0456k\u0435 \u0430n early start? M\u0430n\u0443 \u043ef Larimer County\u2019s youths, \u0455u\u0441h \u0430\u0455 sisters Megan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[14,11,13,10,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthforservice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}