Christmas shopping is done, our wallets are lighter, and the new  year is around the corner. We all know that when holiday champagne and your conscience mix, it tends to lead to guilty feelings for how we spent our last year. We all also know that your guilty conscience tends to know how little you’ve volunteered over the past 365 days. Excuses from “volunteer sites are confusing” to “they never email me back so I don’t bother trying” are now words of the past. 2 Hour Commitment is not only easy to navigate, but also full of volunteer opportunities you may have never even known existed. Our volunteer forecast is getting more and more full of low commitment volunteer opportunities that will not only make your conscience feel great, but also look great on your volunteer transcript.

So grab a friend or seven and hit up the site! We’re all passionate about 2 Hour Commitment, so you might even meet us at one of the events! Come shake our hand and give us some feedback! In the meantime — here’s to a stress-free holiday, and a happy conscience in 2012! Happy Volunteering!

Cheers from the 2 Hour Commitment Team!

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About a year ago, I woke up on a Saturday morning really wanting to volunteer. I spent some time in high school volunteering, but never a significant amount. I just couldn’t find a place that wanted me when I wanted them. This particular morning, I experienced the same problem. I googled volunteering and found a few websites that offered to put me in touch with a volunteer coordinator. I created the accounts and sent out the emails. No immediate responses. So I asked my roommate if he knew where to volunteer and he didn’t. I decided to walk down the hall of my dorm. Surely one of my fellow honors students would tell me where I could go. No luck. Everyone went through their church or fraternity or student organization. The times were set for them. All I wanted to do help my community for an afternoon but I struggled to figure out how.

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