St. Paul Guild

So you've got some (unpaid) time off. The five-day furloughs that PiPress Guild members recently approved as a gracious cost-cutting measure for their employer won't help balance their personal checkbooks, but the extra free time can still do some good.

How's that? By allowing you to help others!

Turn that frown upside down and check out some one-day and two-day volunteer opportunities around the Twin Cities.

UNITED WAY

United Way suggests that we go to the web site --
unitedwaytwincities.org -- and hit the "volunteer" button. There are
some needs up there now, and there will be even more next week when they
relaunch the site, new and improved. They welcome phone calls as well.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES

The Catholic Charities web site is www.ccspm.org . In addition to the more
formal opportunities, the Catholic Charities folks said there are plenty
of one-time, or short-term, or when-you-can opportunities, and they
welcome phone calls, too. There's a phone number on the Web site.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Habitat for Humanity can always use help, too. You can check with their
volunteer coordinator Caleb Smith at caleb.smith@tchabitat.org
<mailto:caleb.smith@tchabitat.org> . His phone number is changing this
week, so an e-mail is best for now, he says.

HANDS ON TWIN CITIES

Hands On Twin Cities. You can sign up for their monthly newsletter of volunteer
opportunities if your furlough time doesn't work for you, but you'd like
to pitch in sometime in the future.

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