Volunteering 16 Articles

by Kevin Quast

Do Yourself a Favor: Volunteer Everyone knows that volunteering helps other people, organizations, and our communities in general. But studies have shown that volunteering your time and service also offers measurable be...read more

by Amy Browne

The benefits of volunteering are immeasurable to not only your own personal self but also those people whose lives are touched by the efforts of your volunteering. There is no greater good then the giving on ones time in ...read more

by Tamika Kershaw

Volunteering to most people is out of the question. They think, "If I can't get paid why do it?". Throughout my high school career I was involved in a community based volunteer organization by the name of Monessen Communit...read more

by Caroline Fraissinet

Volunteering is a wonderful way to help not only yourself but the community. However, the value of it could be compromised if it isn't for something that the volunteer is passionate about. Volunteering is, rather, going ...read more

by Brandie Sommerville

Volunteering "Be the change you wish to see in the world"` Ghandi. I couldn't agree more, and I have found that volunteering is the perfect way for me to do this. When I volunteer I am filled with so much joy and ac...read more

by Jeff Charlebois

When it comes to volunteering I'm usually the first one to stand up and volunteer others. It's tough to be a volunteer, mainly because a volunteer is usually asked to do a job nobody else wants to do. I mean, let's face ...read more

by Jack Thornton

If there is one thing that has changed my life more than anything else, it is volunteering. No matter what the reason I started with each of my volunteer positions, I have always felt good, met great people, and received ...read more

by Jamie Blais

CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. This is a volunteer role in which a person stands in court as representation solely for the child/children in a Child Welfare case. The role involves strict guidelines, ...read more

by Kaylen

Last night I attended the 10 year anniversary celebration party for Hands on Portland. What an amazing thing...a group of 175 people came together to start this group that has grown to 12,000 or so over the last ten years....read more

by Patricia Jo

Volunteering is about others. A friend of mine died in a hospice; she died with friends and family near her but there were others in the hospice waiting for death alone. After each visit with my friend I was haunted by me...read more

by SunshineandPinkRoses

Help All Year Long Not Just AT The Holidays. All year long and during the holidays there are many people in need and here are some more volunteer and charitable donations suggestions in Pittsburgh. One of the best thi...read more

by Artemis

Volunteering is another word for giving, but slightly different. In volunteering, we give something to another party that we deem in need of something that we give, and we feel that that other party do not have the power t...read more

by Clare Austen

I do a lot of volunteering at the moment in my local community, both in residential homes for OAPs and in schools with children with special needs. It always surprises me that more people don't do this sort or work. I find...read more

by Janet Atwell

Two years ago I went to the local City Hall to do some business with the Mayor. Upon arriving at the community building, (which houses five different offices) I happened to notice that the signs on the overhang of the roo...read more

by Rebekah Moan

The phrase "community service" usually conjures up images of volunteering at a soup kitchen or building a house with Habitat for Humanity; at least, it did for me when I was in college. But that all changed the summer of ...read more

by Billy Pettyjohn.Sr.CDL-BSC IS-MBS-LCDCI

Volunteer Work #1 I performed five hours of volunteer work at the Cancer retreat center west of Durant with my class. It was Friday May 21st, 2004. I was glad to have the opportunity to find this place. I have had tim...read more