[header] How to volunteer at the local nursing home [title] Get the permission of your parents or guardians. [step] If you are a minor, you will need this permission to start volunteering. [title] Go online or get the phone book and find the number of the nursing home at which you would like to volunteer. 
[title] Get ready to call the nursing home. [step] Locate a calendar so that you will know when you are free to volunteer, and have a pen and paper to write down important information.