Need To Boost Your Spirits? Here Are 7 Ways To Volunteer On Thanksgiving.

There are plenty of options if you want to do some good and help the community at large.

This Thanksgiving, instead of spending all day stuffing yourself with food and sitting around, there’s another option that may feel a whole lot better: You can carve out at least part of your day to give back to people who might need some extra attention. After all, the season is about giving thanks and showing that we’ve got everyone’s back.

Need some ideas to get started? We talked to folks who’ve done it before to get their recommendations for soul-feeding ways to spend your holiday.

Sign Up For A Shift At A Soup Kitchen

There are a ton of soup kitchens all around the country, each one offering food to the hungry at no cost.

Depending on where you choose to volunteer, you might be tasked with cooking dishes, stocking a pantry, ladling soup, plating, washing or cleaning up. And being able to help out in any fashion will go a long way, especially during the holiday season ― not least because if soup kitchens don’t have to spend money to hire staff for the day, they’ll have more funds to spend on the food they distribute.