ROADTRIP NATION
THE NEW VOLUNTEERS
Join The New Volunteers in making your community a better place.
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Since 2020, 42,000 DoSomething Members like YOU have volunteered 94,000 hours of service.
Help us get to 100,000!
Meet The New Volunteers.
Nearly 80% of young people see the positive effect of youth-led service, but say they just need some help in getting started.
Introducing "The New Volunteers," a new docuseries by Roadtrip Nation (made possible by The Allstate Foundation)! Follow host Anatola Araba – artist, futurist and filmmaker – as she travels the country meeting young people who are changing the world in their own, unique ways.
Join The New Volunteers in improving your community.
Complete a DoSomething Strength Through Service action inspired by the changemakers in each episode, or “choose your own adventure” to dream up a service opportunity that aligns with your passion.
"THE NEW VOLUNTEERS" DOCUSERIES
Episode One | Can community murals create real social change?
Brooklyn, NY
We volunteered to paint a HUGE mural in Brooklyn! Come see how colorful community service can be as host Anatola paints a mural with the volunteers at Groundswell Community Mural Project in Brooklyn—and talks to Freedom March NYC co-founder Chelsea Miller about how changing the world starts by showing up to serve your community.
Washington, DC
We volunteered to make HUNDREDS of free meals for folks in the D.C. area! This week, we’re breaking out the food-safe gloves to help two awesome nonprofits feed the DMV. Hear how volunteers from Rise N Shine Foundation and Hand to Hunger are curbing food waste, creating more sustainable food systems, and keeping their communities fed through community service. (And did we mention, they’re all in high school?!)
New Orleans, LA
What do mangrove trees, oyster shells, and glass bottles all have in common? They’re all helping to SAVE Louisiana’s eroding coastline! In this week’s episode, we’re meeting volunteers from New Orleans-based service organizations who are working together to tackle one of the biggest issues of our time. From shucking to crushing to planting, you’ll be inspired by the plethora of ways these volunteers are fighting the effects of climate change through community service—and doing it all right from their own backyards.
Austin, TX
This week, we’re in Austin, Texas, meeting the awesome high school student-volunteers who run Paw Plan—an org dedicated to improving the lives of shelter animals, one paw at a time. 🐾 As Anatola and crew experience the mental health benefits of volunteering firsthand, you’ll see why the Paw Plan volunteers choose to prioritize community service—even on a stress-filled weekend packed with standardized tests and prom!
Encinitas, CA
For our series finale(!), we’re in sunny Encinitas, California, with the awesome crew of volunteers at Exposure Skate—a nonprofit that teaches girls how to skateboard, builds community for underrepresented skaters, and works to make skate parks more inclusive and welcoming for everyone. (Watch to the end to see if Anatola can pull off her first-ever kickturn!)
STRENGTH THROUGH SERVICE ACTIONS
For each action you complete, you’ll earn a signed certificate to fulfill volunteer or service learning requirements and we’ll select a “New Volunteer of the Month” to feature on DoSomething channels.
Be creative, build community.
Collect and donate food items to your local food bank.
Host a dog wash to collect donated supplies for animal shelters.
Clean up cigarette butt litter to improve communities and protect the planet.
Find your unique way to give back to your community and earn volunteer hours!
VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH
Arman Dhillon
"Watching “The New Volunteers” was really inspiring for me. It showed how different people were making a big impact by volunteering in their own ways. Seeing their stories encouraged me to keep going and find my own way to help."
Delayla Nguyễn
“The New Volunteers” helped me realize just how much there is out there for me to do to give back to my community. The fact that there is a sense of creativity involved in volunteering is something that stood out to me!"
Shiraz Aftab
"Anyone can think of an idea, and that idea can blossom to have an enormous effect on your community. The effects will always be positive, no matter how small your efforts may seem. No matter how you help society, it will be for the better in the long run."
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DoSomething members are inspiring long-lasting and positive change in their communities.
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LONG LASTING IMPACT
Since 2020, DoSomething members have made a collective impact through our Strength Through Service program including:
Donated 610,000 pieces of clothing, dressing 305,000 of those in vulnerable populations.
Cleaned up 981,290 cigarette butts off the streets, removing over 432 pounds of toxic chemicals that contaminate water, and poison fish and animals who eat them accidentally.
Collected and recycled 758,260 cans, saving 95% of the energy, and reducing 80% of greenhouse gas emissions it takes to make new ones.
Kept 154,500 pounds of textile out of landfills.
Donated 658,100 food items to local food banks, providing at least one meal to 263,200 of those in need.
Recruited family and friends to volunteer over 183 hours of their time to local soup kitchens and food banks.
Collected and donated over 678,530 period products to homeless shelters, providing 96,933 people who menstruate one week of period products.
Donated 4,343 books, providing the gift of literacy to 217 children and young adults.
Make a difference in your community and add your vision to the future of our democracy