If you’re looking for a fresh way to build
team cohesion, why not try voluntourism?
R
ounds of golf or watching pro-sports
games allow the group to get out of the
offi ce together, but voluntourism adds
the element of working toward a common
Packing and/or
Providing Necessities
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goal—the very defi nition of team-building.
And what better way to truly experience a
destination than to meet those passionate
enough to serve their communities?
Visit Baltimore partners with Business
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Baltimore’s premier nonprofi t specializing
organize group service projects for visiting
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The Red Cross organizes teams to canvass
neighborhoods to educate people about
for the homeless. home fi re safety and to install fi re alarms.
Meals on Wheels welcomes volunteers to pack Working with Animals
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The Maryland SPCA welcomes volunteers to
United Way Stone Soup invites volunteers to help keep animals clean and comfortable in
donate ingredients that they will then use to their cages. The best part? Some play time
compete with each other to prepare dishes with the animals when the work is over.
Clean the World off ers opportunities to
assemble and distribute hygiene kits, which
include shampoo, lotion, toothpaste, razors, etc.
Association (PCMA) notes several group Working with People
volunteer opportunities in Baltimore. •
Working Outside
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St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, a
comprehensive nonprofi t providing
multiple services, organizes Community
Clean-Up Days, site beautifi cation and
The Arc Baltimore provides opportunities playground build projects to work toward
(To learn more, go to GivingGood.com/ for volunteers to interact with individuals the goal of providing Baltimore citizens
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for those in need.
organizations.
The Professional Convention Management
connecting with others.
meeting attendees to help pack survival kits
meals for delivery to homebound citizens.
Volunteers Maryland (BVM), Greater
in coordinating volunteer events, to
Health Care for the Homeless invites
disabilities. Play bingo or go bowling while
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