Review: standupforkids.org
Area: United States
Focus: Children 15-under
Stand Up For Kids is a quality service that appoint volunteer counselors to reach out to unfortunate and disenfranchised children in the United States in both urban and rural areas. As a volunteer, your main job entails acting as a mentor and role model for kids whose only option has been homelessness. These outreach programs are designed to provide repeated exposure to children and knowledge of other options besides homelessness.
Finding the children who are in need in these areas can be difficult because of urban sprawl, but typical dangers they may face are:
(1) danger is exposure or vulnerability to harm (2) hazard is a chance of being injured or harmed, (3) jeopardy is danger or risk of loss or injury, and (I) peril is a condition of imminent danger, exposure to the risk of harm or loss.
PROS: The volunteer process is relatively easy. There are positions for street volunteers, board members, interns. There is also a donation page that is somewhat streamlined.
CONS: The page should be certified by verisign and hackersafe if they are going to take donations. The page quality is a bit low given what they endeavor to do. It should be stressed that this is, for all intents and purposes, a legitimate program, but these distractions could deter some visitors.
