I actually signed up to volunteer at an animal shelter and was supposed to show up for orientation, but I had quite a lot of other stress...tried to call ahead of time to let them know I would have to wait till they next where taking volunteers but forgot the day of the orientation so did not call till after missing a day of that...and never heard back.

Of course now I am on the SSI and don't have the stress of going through the appeals process...but nonetheless I feel pretty crappy that I couldn't have called them before the orientation then maybe they would have been willing to set me up for the next orientation but...pretty sure their not calling me after I aplogized and asked about signing up for the next oppurtunity was a clear sign they don't want me as a volunteer I already screwed it up. Sort of messes with my morale for attempting other opportunities admittedly...worried of making an embarrassment of myself or being a big disappointment they wish they had never accepted as a volunteer.