[DonRotolo]

Goodness, there are thousands of volunteer opportunities out there.

Keep it local is my advice.

Ask at the local food pantry, homeless shelter, town hall/police/fire/ambulance, religious community, hospital, senior citizens center, military base, parks commission, outreach center and so on.

Start out within the team's comfort zone: If anything is not a good fit for the students/team/parents/community.etc then avoid it, at least for now. I say this because initially the idea of a homeless shelter freaked people out, but slowly they accepted it.

The basic idea is to Help people who need help. In 2007 there was some awful flooding locally, we went to the area and 50 energetic teens helped residents cart ruined stuff from their basements to the dumpster.

The goal is that when the community hears "that robot team", they think good thoughts of them.