...Volunteer your time, skills, services and talents. Opportunities are available with children, teens, adults, individuals with special needs and seniors. Volunteer your expertise and experience on a community board. Share your time as an instructor. Design a web page, troubleshoot computer problems, build a bookcase or serve as a mentor Volunteer by coordinating an event, project or publication. Volunteer by making an in-kind donation (new or used). Our partner agencies need everything from computers (hardware and software), office equipment and supplies, household goods to clothing and canned goods. There are so many ways an individual can volunteer these days. Finding one that best suits you is important. You want to be comfortable while volunteering and know your gaining a great deal of knowledge to help improve your education. Search criterion When researching for information on volunteer opportunities in a local area, go online. The search criterion to start is to google local opportunities in your home town, the local area is Houston ,TX. The first listing is Volunteer Houston, http://volunteerhouston.org. Volunteer Houston web site offer lots of useful information including, Volunteer programs, businesses, organizations, and events for Houston and...
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...simpler than that; it does not take an election to make you a leader. Being a leader means just doing the right thing whenever deems necessary. Before NHS, I volunteered and enjoyed it, but after joining and given various volunteering...
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...As we come to an end in the semester, there are many things that have gone on throughout this “Civic and Global Response” class that is in need of reflecting on. Throughout the entirety of the class we have discussed and gone over just what it means to be a true servant-leader. Additionally to this we have been assigned to decide on a service project that we were instructed to spend twenty hours at, giving our free time to make a difference within an organization that is in our community that is striving to help others. For this, I chose to spend my time at the Wade Center, helping with the children after school. With this being said, as we spent time at our volunteering hours, we were supposed to develop an understanding of “The Heart, The...
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...Jon dean ENG091 Date; 11/27/15 Help Save Two Birds with One Stone We’ve all heard the phrase, “Kill Two Birds with One Stone,” which refers to the concept of efficient multitasking, that is, being able to use one approach to accomplish multiple objectives. The same concept can be given to that of volunteering. Instead of trying to kill two birds with one stone, we should focus on trying to save two birds (or people) with one stone. One of the most effective ways to do this is by volunteering. In a world filled with competition, we find those unfortunate or too weak to compete with their surroundings. Those with resources find their social, economic and housing status in a much better position. One study (2013) says “27.4% of those aged 16-19 were volunteering, compared to only 18.9% of 20-24 year olds” (USBL). That means college student likely less volunteering in the community compare to school student, but these number should be increase not decries because college student are smarter and understand better then school students therefore, college student should be more responsible than school student. We should keep that in our mind volunteering allows us to use multiple means, whether monetary or physical contribution to provide facilities for people and animals. The main purpose of going to college is learning and get able to find a path for your life. By going to college your education will be limited in books. You will not get chance to learn about the real life, but...
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...Volunteering for Veterans Blueprints The social issue I am going to discuss today is the need for volunteers to help veteran facilities, homeless veterans and our disabled veterans. There used to be a fear that came with allowing civilian volunteers to work with veterans with PTSD, missing limbs, experiencing homelessness and I am here to tell you today that, that fear has diminished. The VA finally figured out that without the help of volunteers the Veteran Affairs and VA sponsored sites would not be as successful as we are. The VA finally acknowledged that community service and service learners are beneficial to the veterans who suffer from loss of family, companionship and miss being active. Those who suffer from PTSD like myself find...
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...had no idea what volunteering would mean to me in the future. I was from Zhuhai, a small coastal city in South China. Just like most of the Chinese students, in 2012, I was under great pressure of getting into the “right schools”and facing the competition with nine million candidates. I was so busy struggling with tons of homework and endless reading materials. My teacher used to told us, if we failed in the college entrance exam, we would be a loser forever. Now I know she was lying. But I worked so hard at that time because I believe it was life or death. Deep in my heart, I have imagined more than once what my college life would be during the past three years in high school. 2012 is an important year in my life cause I finally became a college student. First, I chose sociology as my major, which made me have more opportunities to learn more about social problems, social policies and social welfare. But my real interest in volunteering started from the middle of the first semester. I joined a volunteering group in my college called Gaibang. The name Gaibang comes from a popular Chinese kung fu novel. This might probably be the best decision I’ve ever made. The first event I attended after I joined them was the blood drive they held. They worked with the local Red Cross in Zhuhai every semester. It was the first time I knew my blood type was actually AB Rh-negative. The doctor told me Rh-negative is a rare blood type, especially among us Asians. She asked me if I would like...
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...expectations of the volunteering experience changed dramatically as I continued to work. The experiences I had under the authority of Andrea Spark were often times boring, but they taught me valuable information. I learned more about independence through my obligation to self-schedule and self-motivate without an overbearing authority guiding me onward, improved my work ethic, especially for mundane tasks, and learned that even seemingly insignificant activities can be helpful to the community. An expectation I had was that there would be a lot of supervision. Not to say that the volunteer coordinator, Andrea Spronk, did not lead us, but, rather, she gave us personal space and independence. I did not expect as much lack of external moderation as there was. As a volunteer, I just had to do the work in isolation and then write down my hours for the day, having no extended contact with the established order of the library. This gift of independence reflects adult life. The actual...
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...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 for both sport events and community causes. The findings have implications to not only expand the theoretical understanding of sport volunteerism, but acknowledge the factors that sport event organizers need to concern themselves with relative to recruitment, management, and retention of volunteers for successful operations of...
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...UNI 101 April 22, 2013 Volunteering Love, help and peace are the synonyms of volunteering. Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart (Elizabeth Andrew). Also, volunteering could be defined as any activity or service that involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that assists someone else, the local community or the environment. Although it provides a great opportunity for personal development, it’s a way of getting confidence and learning new skills or putting your existing skills to good use. Also, it can improve your studying prospects by learning new things through your daily experience. Not only your studying prospects, but also employment prospects can be enhanced by helping you gain work experience, if you are unemployed or thinking of a career change. Volunteering can provide you with something interesting, useful and fun to do in your spare time. It is a great way to meet new people, make new friends and give something back to your community. In addition, volunteering can be skillful and powerful by practicing it quite often and become a professional-level volunteering. On the other side, volunteering can be for everyone; there are no specific ages to volunteer, as long as you can handle it, you are in. There are many types or task of volunteering: work with animals, gardening, feeding homeless people, working with children, supporting older people, working in a hospital, cleaning a university’s hallway, tutoring, etc. During my...
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...remarried, and with another younger brother for me. A baby is expensive, so Mother and Stepdad had to pick up numerous jobs to make ends meet. As the oldest child, the honor of babysitting fell upon my shoulders in sixth grade. Despite being busy with babysitting, I've managed to keep a tutoring job with the Allen family since 2012. In the same year, I began volunteering at a nursing home because of my school's service hour requirements. At the nursing home, I would assist the caretakers by walking the seniors to the cafeteria and to morning workouts. At the end of every shift, I remember everyone, the nurses and even the seniors, being grateful for my help. To me, my works didn't mean much, but to them, it was what they needed. Realizing how small, selfless actions can create such an impact made me love volunteering. Also, spending more time with the seniors by listening to stories of their kids...
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...My name is Bri’nishia Jefferson. I want to join the National Honor Society because I want to make a difference in others lives and learn how to improve myself as well. The attributes I most admire about my character are Honesty, Caring, and Reliability. These attributes mean that I can be relied on by others while being considerate of their feelings, whilst being completely honest and trustworthy towards lending a helping hand or favour to them. For instance, I volunteered at the nursing home. I was mainly lending a hand to the residents. While I was volunteering at the Nursing Home, I communicated with the residents there and helped them when they needed it. The first day I went there, I helped some of the residents with bingo. The activist...
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...Volunteerism Katie Burdick Southern Nazarene University Personal & Professional Development OL L 13 Professor 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...
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...is working on the hunger dilemma in the local area around Denver. The United States Government has estimated food prices to increase another 4 to 5 percent in 2013. (Ken Condyles 2012). The rise in food prices in the United States and the high unemployment rate creates pressure for families trying to put food on the table. All Americans are affected by the hunger problem. Students, children and parents alike are struggling to come up with the money to afford food. One of the basic needs of humans is food and the combination of the falling economy and the rising prices of food are making this difficult. At Café 180 I will be experiencing tasks I have never had to complete in my life. This will especially be challenging for me because I have never worked with customers from such a diverse work of life. All customers who come into Café 180 are to be treated with respect and dignity no matter where they come from...
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...Throughout volunteering in the Prison Book Program, I have met lots of new people, and expand my connection to different people. The leader of the Prison Book Program was the one who explain what is this program about and what is our responsibility, on my first day of volunteering at this site. All of the people that volunteer at the site are very positive, encouraging, and helpful, especially the leader of the Prison Book Program, named Whitney. Whitney have shared her working experience with all volunteers. Whitney is a librarian, that is why she think educating people means a lot. Moreover, Whitney made the atmosphere more comfortable. Volunteers won’t feel stress out when volunteering. Whitney is a really patient person. Whenever we have...
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...the health of the people and communities we serve.” At many points in my life, I myself have been a patient at Integris, each time volunteers and staff have made the experience as pleasant as possible. I want to aid both the patients and their visitors going through physically and emotionally challenging times, by being helpful and understanding. Through my actions I hope to provide positivity and compassion. I hope to gain a new perspective through the eyes of both the patients and the caregivers. I believe that there is a lot for me to learn and I am eager to give back to my community. As a volunteer at the Integris Southwest Medical I will gain insight into the medical field. By being exposed to new skills through interactions with the hospital...
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