STANWOOD — As the Internet’s virtual frontier grows, so do opportunities to volunteer.
Megan Walters, 19, has found a way to volunteer online for United Way of Snohomish County.
How? By updating the agency’s numerous Web sites with new information and keeping them as up-to-date as possible.
Walters, who attends Everett Community College, considers online volunteerism a step in the right direction for a computer-savvy generation.
“I started volunteering the summer I graduated from high school and it has never conflicted with college,” Walters said. “That’s what has really appealed to me.”
Walters heard about the opportunity from her mother, who works for Snohomish County United Way. There had been difficulty in keeping information current on the Web sites and United Way needed someone to update them with current information.
She said that her typical day of volunteering can be from 45 minutes to two hours, depending on the Web site or the information that needs to be gathered.
“Talking to people and gathering the relevant information is time consuming, because everyone has their own schedule,” Walters said. “Updates can be difficult, but most of the time it’s easy enough.”
Walters said volunteering online has given her a way to help that not only matches her lifestyle as a student, but gives her friends opportunities to do volunteer as well.
“It’s really cool helping with the Web sites because I find more things for me and my friends to help out with,” Walters said. “I have gotten to realize that by doing these things, it’s helped me understand that I can and want to do this for a living.”
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