How to volunteer your technical skills?

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I'd like to volunteer my tech skills (web / mobile development) to charities and other non-profit, non-religious, non-political organizations.

How do I go about looking for such gigs?

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If you have a free, local weekly entertainment paper, the events section will usually include listing related to local non-profits. If you have a local LUG, someone there is probably already doing something similar. The Humane Society is everywhere, and always needs motivated volunteers. I would also see if there was a local legal aid organization, food bank, or an attorney's group doing pro bono work.

Take a look at http://www.freeitathens.org/ ,as an example of the sort of things that may be out there.

Additionally, if there is a specific non-profit you want information on, read:

https://thespiritdog.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/how-to-look-up...

What about codeforamerica.org?

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