这篇博客是一个外国人写的，介绍上海本地的义工组织——我看到，都是外国人搞的。
但是，作为一个上海人，我对这些本地的志愿者团体也不是全部都了解。所以我看了这篇博客后就想，应该试着摘译其中的部分介绍性文字，给我们本国孩子看看。做义工，可以从小开始。关心社会，可以从小开始。——看不懂英文的父母，可以让孩子自己阅读，如果从小学英文的话，中学生已经可以读懂这些简单的文章了。
年轻人在上海有很多机会加入本地的义工组织。至于说其他好处，研究表明从小开始义工服务的人寿命可能更长，患抑郁症和心脏病的几率也更低。
Shanghai has some wonderful opportunities for young people to get involved with local volunteer organizations. As an added incentive, studies have shown that starting volunteering at a young age can lead to a longer life and lower rates of depression and heart disease.
by Casey Hall
August 2011
这篇博文介绍的义工组织我只听说过很少的一两个，孩子参与过的只有一个。
所以把资料放在这里，供上海的父母参考：
Roots & Shoots (R&S)（根与芽）
非盈利环保组织，致力于面向青年的项目，鼓励16岁以上的青年做一些办公室工作——报告和文案归档、文章翻译及数据库的更新。义工也做社区工作，在自己学校种植有机花果蔬菜，为百万棵树项目筹资，甚至亲自前往内蒙古受沙漠化影响的地区种树，或者教更小的学生环保。
具体内容请看英文原文：
As an environmental non-profit organization that focuses on youth-oriented programs, R&S encourages young people above the age of 16 to help with office work – filing reports and paperwork, translating articles and updating our database.
Volunteers also spend time in the community, growing organic gardens in their schools, raising money for the Million Tree Project and planting trees themselves in areas of Inner Mongolia affected by desertification, or teaching younger students about the environment.
According to Executive Director Zee Zee Zhong, R&S are particularly looking for volunteers who are fluent in English and Chinese, with graphic design skills or with skills in website design and maintenance. Once involved, volunteers are expected to stay with their program for at least one semester.
Students interested in volunteering with R&S can 因旺旺网的限制邮件地址无法拷贝
Second Chance Animal Aid (SCAA)
完全由志愿者组成的非盈利慈善团体，一个帮助被遗弃的动物寻找新主人的慈善机构，发起人是 CarolWolfson。机构成员平时用业余时间分头行动，积极募集资金，救治被虐待的动物，并努力寻找能善待他们的好主人。
初中和高中的孩子可以参与其活动。
SCAA is a private, non-profit organization committed to protecting and improving the health and welfare of Shanghai’s neglected and abandoned animals.
For middle and high school kids interested in volunteering with animals, SCAA can organize small groups to visit their local project. A visit can be quite an experience as there are 125 cats and five dogs cared for under one roof, all of them in need of grooming and socialization. Although young volunteers don’t need to be accompanied by an adult, SCAA asks that a parent or guardian signs a permission slip.
For more information about SCAA, go to
www.scaashanghai.org
You Dao
这个非盈利组织重点关注如何改善上海民工群体的生活。目前在上海有两个点，分别在宝山和奉贤。
This non-profit organization is dedicated to improving the lives of Shanghai’s migrant worker population. You Dao currently has two migrant worker centers in Shanghai, in Baoshan and Fengxian. The Baoshan center serves as an activity center for migrant workers’ children on the weekends when their parents are at work, while the brand new Fengxian Family Center offers a wide variety of services to migrant workers and their families.
Every Saturday and Sunday between 2pm and 5pm, volunteers conduct activities at the Baoshan center for 50 to 80 migrant school children from two- to 15-years-old. These activities can include anything from arts and crafts, singing, English conversation, computer classes, basketball, soccer, reading and much more. You Dao welcomes new volunteers of all ages, but suggests that if children under the age of 16 want to volunteer, they have a parent or supervisor accompany them on their first visit.
For more information about volunteering at the Baoshan Activity Center, please contact Stephen Schoenberger, +86-138-1629-0076 因旺旺网的限制邮件地址无法拷贝
Heart to Heart
成立于2003年，是一个非盈利的医院玩伴活动团体。给孩子做伴，通过“玩”来分散孩子对于心脏病手术的恐惧并缓解术后不适。
志愿者为15岁及以上的孩子。
Founded in 2003, this non-profit hospital play-group holds daily afternoon sessions from 2pm to 3:30pm. By offering support and providing entertainment to distract hospitalized children from the spectre of heart surgery, Heart to Heart volunteers provide a vital service – and bringing a smile to the face of a scared, young patient is a reward that’s difficult to put a price tag on.
New volunteers 15-years and over are welcome to join Heart to Heart, but are asked to first undergo a one-day orientation session and be prepared to commit to at least one visit per month.
“Most of our student volunteers are really fantastic. The children decide the direction of the day so volunteers have to be flexible. It’s really hard to plan activities in advance [without knowing the ages of the children who will be in the playroom on any given day],” founder and executive director Christine Cullen said.
If you are interested in volunteering with Heart 2 Heart, check out their website,
www.heart2heartshanghai.net, or contact Christine Cullen,+86-139-0188-8313, 因旺旺网的限制邮件地址无法拷贝
Habitat for Humanity (HFH)
仁人家园创立于1976年，是享誉国际的非盈利基督教慈善组织。致力消除贫穷住屋问题，通过义工协助，与有需要的家庭结成伙伴，携手修建简单但舒适的家园。
该组织对学生开放，并开发了特别的青年项目。
Initially founded in 1976 as a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to eliminating poverty worldwide, 33 years after the first Habitat home was built in Zaire, the international organization opened its Shanghai office and mobilized 100 volunteers for its first build in Zhejiang.
This organization is always open to student involvement and has developed a special Youth Program, which includes student-led campus chapters. These chapters raise awareness both at school and in the community, and also get hands-on in the construction of homes for families in need. Also part of the China Youth Program, Global Village Build transports students to sites in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan where they encounter new communities and cultures while building homes for impoverished residents.
If you or your school are interested in helping out Habitat for Humanity in Shanghai, contact, +86-21-6136-9196 因旺旺网的限制邮件地址无法拷贝
Fundraising for Furry Friends
为动物朋友筹资
通过售卖各种语言的二手图书为动物募款。
Year 7 student Cameron Lawrence loves animals so much she took it upon herself to raise money for Jaiya’s Animal Rescue (JAR), a non-profit small animal rescue group committed to protecting and improving the health and welfare of Shanghai’s animals.
“I just love animals and I hate to see them mistreated. So I just want less to be mistreated and more to be adopted. So I just want to help them,” the 12-year-old Australian-born, Shanghai-based Lawrence says of her decision to raise money for JAR.
After finding two kittens on the street and re-homing them, Lawrence came across JAR and her family got involved by fostering cats in their Pudong home. Wanting to contribute more to the cause, Lawrence started collecting second-hand books to sell at JAR’s adoption days.
After her first book sale, she has already raised RMB 1,760 (an impressive feat in just a few short hours), and Lawrence is now on the lookout for more books in English and other languages.
If you can donate books for Cameron Lawrence to sell, or if you are interested in helping out at her stall on JAR adoption days, you can contact her through the JAR website,
http://jargroup.doodlekit.com. She is available to pick up books from around Shanghai.
（转自：
http://bbs.etjy.com/thread-236116-1-1.html）.
