Hi. Yes, Excel, in my opinion, would be easier for you to use because the cells are basically already there for you to type into. If you use Word you more then likely want to place your data in tables, which can be tricky to learn to use at first. Excel is set up in columns (A, B, C, D, etc.) and rows 1,2,3,etc. Type a heading or title in each cell in your columns, such as Date, Service, Start Time, End Time or whatever you like. Then just type your info into the rows under each heading. Hope that helps. If you need more help with this please feel free to email me.

Some places do have age restrictions. When I was 16 I wanted to volunteer at the dog shelter too, but they required a person to be 18. It really depends on what you are doing. The easiest way to find volunteer opportunities is to look around the clubs at your school. Key Club for example is the high school division of the Kiwanis. It stands for Kiwanis Educating Youth, and their initiative is educate the youth of the importance of helping out in the community. My high school also had L.O.V.E, Lions Offering Volunteer Excellence. Your school might have something similar to this. If neither of these exist in your school, you might look into starting your own club with a teacher.

This will give you an idea: http://www.talisaycamnorte.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=89 The best solution, though, would be to go to your Barangay Hall and request assistance since it may vary from one province to another.

Well, if the hospital is part of the University Health Network (Toronto General, Princess Margaret, or Toronto Western) they have different volunteer programs. There's a summer program for high school student volunteers (usually you'll have a couple shifts a week), but you have to be 16. There's also regular volunteering, where I suspect there's also an age requirement, but they don't state it. To find out, you can ask them at: volunteering@uhn.on.ca You can get all this info from here: http://www.uhn.ca/Careers_at_UHN/volunteering_at_uhn/volunteering_uhn/ SickKids Hospital also has a 16-year-old age requirement for summer students, and an 18-year-old age requirement for regular volunteers. St. Michael's Hospital takes 15-year-old volunteers, but only in their Gift Shop. http://www.sickkids.ca/CareersVolunteering/Volunteer-Resources/Frequently-Asked-Questions/index.html http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/volunteer/howto.php So basically until you're sixteen, there aren't really volunteering opportunities in hospitals. However, if you're interested in the medical field, you should consider related places that are more welcoming of younger high school students: - senior/elderly homes - hospices / palliative care (people who are terminally ill) - intellectual or physical disability organizations I know they aren't glamorous places, but if you're considering working with patients one day, they can give you some great experience on what you'd be in for. Good luck!!

First, although I support some of PETA's work, they get LOTS of money and corporate help. Throw a fundraiser for your local shelter or rescue group. We've had bake sales, vegan dog/cat biscuit sales, Vegas Nights, Halloween parties, leave donation cans in pet stores and vet offices- google "fundraising". There's a million ideas out there.