...still in high school, I had many opportunities to participate in charitable activities, especially volunteer work. I, along with my friends, established an association which was called “The Lucky Grass Flower”. This was the place that we used to shelter the disadvantaged children and orphan in our city. We received so much support and help from the school and other media communications. This helped us a lot in completing our care for the children. In addition, the most important thing was that all the things we did came from our hearts, and this was our motivation for this activity. That was the first volunteer work that I participated in, and it was also the most significant voluntary work that I have ever taken part in. Also in my country, Vietnam, the Communist Youth League is running a very large and meaningful volunteer program for undergraduate students every summer, and it is named "The Green Summer Volunteer Campaign". This volunteer program is very useful for all young people. In participating in this program, the volunteers will be involved with the diversity and richness of activities. However, to be involved in this program, students must undergo a very serious selection contest, based on some certain criteria. Most of the volunteers who are selected are usually those who have good academic achievement. Although I am not lucky enough to join “The Green Summer Volunteer Campaign” because I am not going to college in Vietnam, I still feel very proud when...
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...of people around the world volunteer their time and skills to improve the lives of the less fortunate. Students, civic groups and retirees are many of the groups that respond to the call to volunteer. Volunteerism can be done locally, but sometimes volunteerism takes place in distant places. Some volunteers spend weeks, months and sometimes years, helping organizations and less fortunate communities. Some people argue that some volunteers do this type of work, not to help others but only to help themselves. Does volunteerism help or harm communities, who are looking for assistance from volunteers? Volunteerism is a great opportunity for everyone to get experience in the field. It is a great opportunity to give back and to get experience dealing with issues they may not see in their daily lives. Also it is an excellent way of learning about other cultures, and the less fortunate and the issues that they face. Volunteering is the easiest way to get involved by using your knowledge and skills to help others. Often, I volunteer with local not for profit groups assisting them with events or whatever they need to accomplish. I am always looking for something that I can volunteer my time and skills as a way of giving back to the community. Although volunteers receive no monetary reward, knowing that they are doing something good to benefit everyone rewards them. Also, it is a great way of networking with others, who may share your same views. I volunteer because I see it as a need...
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...Focused, conscientious and able to demonstrate a high calibre of initiative and self-motivation, that revels in working a busy environment. Employment History RAAD Ltd, Southall June 2012 – June 2013 Admin Assistant RAAD ltd is a long-standing centre providing members of the public the opportunity to achieve and attain skills and qualities to help benefit them in the working world. General tasks performed • Dealing with all paperwork, coming in to the office. • Responding to all letters on behalf of RAAD. • Booking and arranging meetings for all the members of the senior staff. • Provide continual support to clients who continue to use our services regularly. • Delegating jobs to the volunteers and filling out their time sheet schedules • Helped train, develop and mentor new volunteers. Other achievements • High level of success regarding governing authorities. • Continuing volunteer work when a position finished leading to bigger role within the organisation Market Probe Telesales Consultant, Acton May 2014 – September 2014 Marker Probe international is a global market research company with offices in 10 influential countries. It provides business to business and consumer research. General...
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...continue to grow as a result of volunteering trends in an ageing population (Volunteering Australia, 2012). This brief will outline some of the challenges and opportunities faced as a result of an ageing population, specifically focusing on the Green Frog Nursery. 2. Summary of the issue Whilst volunteering in Australia is steadily increasing, most organisations require more volunteers to achieve a significant social impact (volunteering Australia, 2011). The majority of volunteers are older people who are more likely to volunteer than those in younger age groups (Volunteering Australia, 2012). One of the reasons for this is greater community engagement through voluntary work practise, which positively influences volunteers ‘subjective quality of life (Taghian, D´Souza & Polonsky, 2012). The rate of volunteering in Australia is impacted negatively by variables including age, gender, locality and cultural background (Volunteering Australia, 2012). Green Frog Nursery has to replace its core team of volunteers with younger people for its continual success, however this is not an easy task as they view ‘volunteering’ differently to other age groups (Volunteering Australia, 2012). Furthermore, the “negative image of volunteering may reduce young people´s willingness to participate” (Ho & O'Donohoe, 2014, p. 855). Green Frog Nursery needs to address this problem and engage young people to join their organisation. One way they could address this issue is by implementing...
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...Number 1, 2011 www.ijemr.org VOLUNTEER SATISFACTION AND INTENT TO REMAIN: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AMONG PROFESSIONAL GOLF EVENT VOLUNTEERS Gina Pauline Syracuse University ABSTRACT Sport events are increasingly reliant on episodic volunteers for the successful delivery of an event. As there continues to exist a surge in the organization of sporting events coupled with the demand for volunteers, event organizers must concern themselves with utilizing the appropriate recruitment and retention strategies. In an effort to do this, one must understand the points of satisfaction for volunteers as well as factors influencing their future intentions to volunteer. While there exists a plethora of research to understand the motivation of volunteers, exploring the antecedents of volunteer satisfaction as well as intent to remain has been limited. This study investigates the factors influencing volunteer satisfaction as well as intentions to remain as a volunteer for future sporting events from an elite men’s golf event on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit. Results indicated that overall volunteers were satisfied with their experience and willing to return yet were concerned with the level of communication between the organization and volunteers. The present study also found that longevity of service influenced volunteer satisfaction. A MANOVA revealed significant differences between first time and returning volunteers in their intent to continue volunteering...
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...The Benefits of Volunteer Maxwell Nguyen WRIT130-F1FF Kate Schultz March 24, 14 Abstract In this research paper, my topic question is “what is the benefits of volunteer for college students?” By pointing out the questions, I had come up with three main points for the paper. The first benefit of volunteer is helping people to have healthier lives. For example, doing volunteer work outside in fresh environment could help people to be more positive and more physically active. Not only that, volunteer helps people to reduce stress and enhance their happiness. The second benefit of volunteer is helping college students to get involved with the community, thus, helping them to get a successful job. Volunteer in a specific field helps a student to get used to what he/she is studying. Also, while volunteering, a student can meet many others people, which helps him/her to improve his/her communication skill, his/her confidence, and his/her networking with others. Last but not least, volunteer helps the world a better place. There are many non-profit organization opening, which bring many students together to help those less fortunate people. The Benefits of Volunteer There exists one question that has been discussed among high school and college students:...
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...Pamela McCoy July 24, 2015 Volunteerism Concrete Experience The nature of my learning experience encompasses volunteering from two different perspectives. When I first started volunteering it was because I was directed to by someone in my chain of command. And today I volunteer because I enjoy the positive feeling of giving back to the community. Over the years I feel I have grown personally by helping others. One of my first volunteer experiences was while I was stationed on Whidbey Island, Washington in October of 2009. During March 2009 I was afforded the opportunity to help clean up the Child Development Center on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. My initial reason for going was to get out of the office for a day, however renovating the outdoor play areas turned out to be hard work. After spending hours getting everything cleaned up and in order, it was emotional seeing the happiness it brought to the children to be able to play outside again. It was at that point in time that I realized giving up some of my free time to the community leaves me with a great feeling of accomplishment. My second volunteer experience in Oak Harbor, Washington a group from my command set up a volunteer day with Habitat for Humanity H4H. At first I did not want to go because I did not think I would be able to provide any valuable help as I do not have any experience in construction. The H4H site coordinator was ready for all of us and had jobs planned for those of us with no experience...
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...nteering Portal Home About this site About Information for volunteers Manage your volunteers Directory Sitemap Contact us Search this site Listen Home Roles and responsibilities of a volunteer coordinator Using the National Standards Establishing codes and principles Planning volunteer programs Policies and procedures Manage your volunteers Encouraging diversity Working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds Working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds Working with volunteers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds can add value to your organisation, create an inclusive environment, strengthen positive relationships with the local community, bring new perspectives and encourage people from different backgrounds to use your services. Attracting and recruiting Inducting and training Supporting and supervising However, organisations need to be mindful that involving people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in volunteer programs is a long process, especially if you want the volunteer program to be sustainable. Organisations need to focus on one community and then progressively involve other communities. Rewarding and recognising Encouraging diversity Why is diversity important? Ways to encourage diversity Recruiting volunteers from diverse backgrounds Working with corporate volunteers Working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds Working with people who are blind ...
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...Tessa Moody Per.1 sociology 5/23/13 Volunteer reflection vol·un·teer [vol-uhn-teer] noun 1. A person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking. 2. A person who performs a service willingly and without pay. Volunteering is that act of commencement free services that one does in order to help an organization or simply an average person. Volunteer work is described in the simplest of words as, “kind”. Many people do volunteer work for many different reasons. People can also volunteer in a number of different places and ways. South Africa, Tanzia, Liberia, Uganda, Haiti and the United States are just a few of common countries that are frequently holding volunteer projects. The tasks volunteers could partake in are countless, but a couple would be education children and adults, preparing meals and ensuring food security, making sure the sick is aided to and taken care of, and help provide shelter to those in need. The common qualities that volunteers usually portray would be a recent college graduate, a student who needs to do field work in order to gain credits to graduate or someone who is looking to change fields in their career. Older middle aged people also may volunteer of course, their reasoning might be that they are retired and are looking for something to do while they are still “young”. Choosing the right place is not very hard; all you need to do is choose a place based on your interests, skills, and background. The place you choose...
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...How can we inspire others to volunteer? Before we can ask ourselves this we must first think about where we get our own inspiration from. I am inspired when I see ordinary people going out of their way to make a difference in someone else’s life. To me, it is inspiring to know that we all can make a difference in the lives of so many. You could help out at a hospital, a soup kitchen, a shelter, etc. Even if you think you aren’t doing much, a little goes a long way. For me, I love knowing I can do something, and that we as a generation have control over something. Volunteering does so much for the community, but it does so much for you as an individual as well. It has gotten me jobs, it helps with my college applications, and it helped me pick a career. In the past, I have volunteered in numerous ways such as donating blood, cleaning up beaches on the Kona Coast, and helping to organize a canned food drive. I feel that to inspire others by sharing past experiences, one must not describe how daunting the task was, but how the experience improved their character and what it taught them about his or herself as a person....
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...Assignment: 70 HRPYC81 Research report for project: PYC4809 Title: What motivates people to do volunteer work? Examination period: October/November 2013 Contents What motivates people to do volunteer work? Abstract Introduction The motivation of people to volunteer has long fascinated those researching and working alongside volunteers. Understanding the motivational drives of those who volunteer has long been a recurring theme preoccupying much of literature on volunteering. According to research by Esmond and Dunlop (2004), what actually motivates a person to volunteer is a complex and vexing question, yet understanding these motivations can be of great assistance to organisation. Every year millions of people around the world give of their time and energy to make a difference through volunteering (Esmond, 2004). The types of volunteer activities engaged in by people are as varied as the volunteers themselves and their value to their communities and society as a whole remains immeasurable. Understanding the underlying motivational drives of those who volunteer has been a recurring theme preoccupying much of literature on volunteering. So what is it that motivates and moves people into action, to get up, to go and to volunteer? An examination of previous research investigating this complex issue follows. Literature review According to tutorial letter 103 for HRPYC81 (2013, p.5), “Volunteerism may be defined as contributing one’s time or...
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...Working and volunteer work are two similar things but different as well. Working is where a person is employed by a person within a company where you are paid based on the position you were hired for. Volunteer work is where the individual does work that is very much needed as well but does not receive a pay for that work. I will be writing about how work and volunteer work can have an impact on people and communities throughout the world. Work is needed to provide a person with basic needs to provide for themselves and even for their family. In order for this to happen the person must meet the requirements the company is looking for in a future employee. Without work a person or family cannot pay the bills needed to keep their home, vehicle, electricity, gas, and even food for their family. Many people have a job to meet these needs by staying focused on what they need to achieve to stay with that employer. However, there are people who just have a job that do not have prerequisites because the company provides training for those future employees. A person may have a job just to meet those needs but are not happy with that job. This is because the company and that employee both benefit from work arrangement. The company hires the individual to work in their company and the individual gets paid, therefore he/she is able to provide for themselves and/or their family. When I worked in a photo lab I developed pictures for customers and also helped in retouching pictures...
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...organisation which aims to help and provide shelter for children who are being abandoned, abused at risk and also children from the drug field community. (Byran n.d.) The aim of this proposal is to present strategies which are relevant to help Shelter Home Malaysia to expand and reach out to a higher base of people. Among the challenges address are the lack of funding and also lack of volunteers. A coordinated plan is carefully drafted along with contacts of sponsors attached to the proposal. Volunteers Volunteer is a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for aservice or undertaking. They are person who performs a service willingly and without pay.Not-for-profit membership organizations such as ASSE rely on their volunteers to fulfill their vision and goals (Camplin 2009). Getting enough of the right people is always an ongoing concern to all non-profit organizations. Lack of volunteers is a main problem that is currently being faced by Shelter Home. In order to operate all the ongoing activities and events smoothly, more volunteers must be recruited. People volunteer for a number of different reasons, ranging from a desire to learn new skills, have fun or make a difference. Some are completely devoted to the cause, while others simply wish to do their bit where they can. In actual fact, many of the reasons for volunteering abroad are the same as those for volunteering at home but here there is the added bonus of getting to travel. However volunteering...
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...that benefit both the community and the volunteer themselves. When someone donates a handful of time, the difference made is tremendous and it shapes a community for the more preponderant while the experience amends the person who donated the time. It is what makes a community because it assembles people to work on a goal. Whether it is a fundraiser for the research to remedy a disease that affects the whole world, or to avail a local family who has fallen in a time of calamity, volunteers make it transpire. Community life is amended by availing others and lending an availing hand to get a job done more efficaciously. More people working equals less work for each person and less time for the project. When I was a young boy and it was brought to my attention how others did not have anything or anyone. It was Christmas time and my family packed up 30 lunches, scarfs, T-shirts, blankets and we drove down to Washington DC. I was told to pick out people who I thought needed to eat and looked cold. I remember thinking everyone had a home, family and food for themselves. It never occurred to me that people lived on the street with no food, shelter or support. That day we handed our food and clothing to people who truly had nothing. As a direct result of giving and wanting to help at that moment, I was inspired to lend a helping hand and contribute to my own community. We donated our time and gave hope to someone who required it. A volunteer conjointly benefits themselves because...
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...Junior Achievement is a program that uses hands-on activities to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. What do JA volunteers do? JA volunteers bring a real world perspective to youth in our community. As a Classroom Volunteer, you will lead discussions and activities to encourage teamwork and leadership skills with your class. As an Exchange City Volunteer, you will act as a business consultant who helps students run their own business and achieve their goals for the day. What other responsibilities does a JA volunteer have? Each school year, volunteers must sign and abide by Junior Achievement's Volunteer Conduct Policy. They must also participate in a 2-3 hour training prior to beginning the program and be available to work with students during the normal school day. Classroom Volunteers follow lesson plans and activities developed by JA and add their unique experiences. What is the time commitment for volunteers? Please see the Time Commitment Chart below for more detail. What are some benefits to volunteering? Volunteers can improve communication skills, increase coaching talents, enhance leadership/supervisory potential and feel good about helping a school in their community. Company benefits include demonstrating their commitment to education/youth and presenting a positive image...
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