I am sure there are things you can do in the shelter to help out, if not gather up some of the kids and play games to keep them occupied. That will also get you in with the parents and they will help you out anything you need when they can. You can also read to the elderly people. Candy and I helped a neighbor out for a while a couple of years back because we are kind people, after he died the lawyer called and said he put us in his will. We didn't think much of it until he told us we got a house, car and a whole lot of money. It was cool of him to do that but we never knew anything, we thought he was a poor old man with no family.