How to Participate in Mozilla Service Week

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a volunteer opportunity.

   If you're not sure how you can help, search for opportunities on any of Mozilla's partner sites.
   
   You might find a local opportunity, or you could also find a way to help across the miles by simply helping out with a tutorial or offering advice.
   
   Here are some additional ideas:
   Teach senior citizens how to use the web.
   
   Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of supporters.
   
   Help install a wireless network at a school.
   
   Create web tutorials for a library's computer cluster.
   
   Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
   
   Update a non-profit organization's website.
   
   Teach the values of the open Web to other public benefit organizations.
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   Step 2: Start a pledge.

   ,, Through Idealist, you can register your organization and describe the technical help you are looking for. ,, You could also visit Idealist and search to see if there are any volunteers in your area who might be able to help. ,
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   Step 3: Register your project so your donated hours count towards the Mozilla Service Week grand total.

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   Step 4: Find volunteers who can help.

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   Step 5: Once you've identified the project you'd like help with

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   Step 6: register your need.

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   Step 7: Ask someone who's tech savvy if they'd be willing to join Mozilla Service Week efforts by helping you.

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   Step 8: Register your project so your volunteer's donated hours count towards the Mozilla Service Week grand total.

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