Community help

**ducatilover** · 10th December 2011, 15:04

Originally Posted by Winston001

Absolutely. Bling sent.

+1

I did volunteer work for Supporting Families/Schizophrenic Fellowship last year, was an interesting journey.

**Headbanger** · 10th December 2011, 15:41

Instead of paying to dump our old "stuff" I drop it off at the City Mission for free.

I'm expecting a Sainthood any day now.

**Katman** · 10th December 2011, 17:36

My role as Kiwibiker mentor ensures there's never enough hours in the day.

**Paul in NZ** · 10th December 2011, 18:35

Yes we do.... No we dont talk about most of it.

**Grasshopperus** · 10th December 2011, 19:48

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I've done the odd community patrol with a bunch of other people. We just walk around in high crime areas looking for anti social behaviour.

Did they provide you with a pillow case full of door knobs or did you have to bring your own? Nah, just kidding, good stuff mate.

I give back to the global community in a different way; developing open-source, free software. It's not as honourable as the things that you lot have mentioned, and it's more of a scatter-shot approach than focussing on the local community, but it's taken thousands of hours out of me and I ask for nothing in return.

Here's the software I've created
http://sourceforge.net/projects/octopuslb/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nog3d/
http://fedoraproject.org/ <= just a contributor and helper for this one

**jazfender** · 11th December 2011, 11:31

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I've done plenty, how about you Jazz?

I haven't done anything really of note but I'm interested in giving it a bash so was curious.

**thecharmed01** · 11th December 2011, 19:49

Originally Posted by Headbanger

Whoa.

Respect.

Originally Posted by jazfender

I haven't done anything really of note but I'm interested in giving it a bash so was curious.

There's lots out there if you are willing to look.
You have to think about something you enjoy and can handle... then start looking.

**DrunkenMistake** · 11th December 2011, 19:56

I havnt recently done anything, but I used to help out at the food bank and a the blind foundation,
Food bank wasnt anything major mainly just sorting the blind foundation I got to help with setting up collections and going out and helping with collecting etc.
I work in a super market, not so great but I usually get to decide where alot of the wastage stock goes, alot of it isnt that bad etc, so according to our little black book of rules, its fine to be donated, so I usually pass on a large bulk of donations to the food bank and Sallys, as well as the SPCA.

**Flip** · 11th December 2011, 22:33

We have been a foster parents for the last 22 years. I would say we have looked after about a dozen kids in that time. Some of you have met my mate Zac, he started off as a foster kid.

I am also in Rotary.

**Katman** · 12th December 2011, 08:29

Originally Posted by Flip

I am also in Rotary.

Being a boy racer hardly qualifies as community help.

**nodrog:Me** · 12th December 2011, 08:42

Originally Posted by Katman

Being a boy racer hardly qualifies as community help.

Skids for Kids!

**Flip** · 12th December 2011, 11:53

Originally Posted by Katman

Being a boy racer hardly qualifies as community help.

I can assure you I would never buy a rotary, unless Aerial decide to put one in a track day car.

**Paul in NZ** · 12th December 2011, 12:18

Originally Posted by Flip

We have been a foster parents for the last 22 years. I would say we have looked after about a dozen kids in that time. Some of you have met my mate Zac, he started off as a foster kid.

I am also in Rotary.

Thats epic - well done.

Vicki and I thought about that but with daughter and her boys back at home.... well....