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I live in Jacksonville, NC. I want to do work in the community, but
I do not know where to start. Should I go to City Hall, to the Red Cross or
what? Could someone help me please get started?
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Hi Adrian,
 
Welcome to the Community Tool Box and Ask an Advisor, I hope that we can provide you with timely, useful, and directly applicable information to get you started in doing community work. First, bravo for being willing to get involved in the community, fantastic; this world could certainly use a lot more people like you! Well, because your question is so specific to a geographic location I thought it best to do a little digging outside of the Community Tool Box using Google search and here's what I came up with for you: the first website that popped up is called Friendly House (https://www.friendlyhouseinc.org/volunteer/) and right at the top of the page there is information about how to volunteer. Excellent. Another resource is called Volunteer Match (http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/index.jsp?r=msa&l=Swansboro%2C+NC+2...) which covers Jacksonville and much of Onslow County. The third resource is Onslow Community Outreach (http://www.onslowco.org/) which seems to be very active in the community. Last, is the United Way of Onslow County (http://www.uwonslow.org/) which will undoubtedly know of ways you can volunteer. Another idea, if you're a Marine Corps spouse stationed at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River check on base with Marine Corps Community Services as they will likely be able to steer you in the right direction. Okay Adrian, I think that will get you started. If our reply is not to your satisfaction, please feel free to visit us again and we'll work together to find an answer to your question. Again, Adrian, thank you for your willingness to volunteer and working to make your community a better place for all. Be well, take care.
 
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Question Date: mar, 05/03/2016