You mentioned helping some people you know. This is thoughtful of you, but volunteering to help with a cause that corresponds with your values, such as animals or kids, will put you in a community of like-minded people, leading to new friendships and taking the focus off yourself. Check out https://volunteermatch.org Or go to https://meetup.com to see if there's a group you might want to hang out with. Source: 7 months ago

There used to be an Online Volunteering flair filter on r/volunteer, but I don't see it anymore. u/JanFromEarth is correct, volunteermatch.org, taprootplus.org and www.catchafire.org all offer remote volunteering options. Source: 12 months ago

We have multiple discussions on this type of thing already. Try searching the subreddit or looking at Volunteer Match. Good luck! Source: about 1 year ago

Try Volunteer Match or look at past discussions and suggestions in /r/asksf. Source: about 1 year ago

I used volunteermatch.org and got some enjoyable gigs (for me anyway): Playing music at hospices, hospitals, old folks home. Source: over 1 year ago

I started a site to help people find jobs that benefit the environment! https://enviro.work has been the catalyst to getting more people meaningfully involved in improving our natural world! Source: almost 2 years ago