Agreed 100%. Another place to consider is soup kitchens. But as jfolkins points out volunteering your time to help others is very beneficial personally and that

Agreed 100%. Another place to consider is soup kitchens. But as jfolkins points out volunteering your time to help others is very beneficial personally and that makes you more attractive to others. The fact that you're sacrificing your own personal time to help others is very attractive to perspective partners. Not only that, but the dividends you personally collect from helping others will benefit you immensely socially regardless of if it directly delivers a life partner. First off, you'll realise despite your less than ideal situation that you have a life that's demonstrably better than the people you're helping. Not in a "I'm better than you" way but in a "I've got a lot to be thankful for" way. Not having a partner pales in comparison to struggling for food and shelter. This will give you more perspective on your own life and allow you to more honestly recognise how good you have things. The truth is that with a more positive view on your own life you will be more attractive to others from both a friendship and relationship perspective. It's not a light switch situation, you won't wake up tomorrow and be a different person after volunteering once. But given time a life with volunteering with become your new normal. If you didn't have new friends and possibly a perspective romantic interest by then I'd be surprised. Still, give it time. And in the end, even if you don't find a partner out of it you can hold your head high as you've helped a lot of people in the process. But in all honesty, I suspect that you'll find the changes in you that are derived from regularly helping those less fortunate than you will in fact make you a more attractive perspective partner to the opposite sex. Good luck!