Analyzing My Volunteering Theories

During my volunteer hours I learned a lot about my own community I that I have not been able to experience. For example I have never been able to participate in so many writing programs and workshops in my local high school, this is because I also did not attend my own local high school because my mother did not allow me to instead, she asked me to attend a charter school. By partnering with LA826, I was able to attend different writing workshops where I would help different high school student write essay, cover letters, and personal statements. Furthermore I believed that most of my activities consisted of just being able to listen to some of the students.

1. The two most important things I learned from my volunteering experience are that all kids need attention and positive support. Whether they effectively seek it out or not and that kids comprehend significantly more about what is going on than they can express in words and therefore the environment provided at child care centers can have a big impact on the child’s early development. While working with the kids I thought that it was anything but difficult to pay attention to the cutest kids who were continually smiling and needing my attention. The children who were the trouble makers, and the initial few times I volunteered, these were the children who got the majority of my time. For the shyer, less vocal kids I discovered I needed to try to collaborate with them and once they got more comfortable around me, they were more likely to need me to lift them up when they got hurt or scared or play with them. Through this experience I understood that the greater part of the kids required a lots of attention, even the ones who did not want it at consistently. I understood the significance of making each kid feel vital and cared for by adults. I discovered that the kids could see a great deal more about what was going ahead around them then I foresee. They knew a wide assortment of commands and phrases and could make wide associations between past encounters and their present surroundings. One funny example of this happened when I was reading a

Volunteer work is essential for every individual’s life and future careers, it produces a path to connections in the work force, and promotes on the job learning. My practicum work pairing with the National Civil War and Medicine Museums was an amazing, educational 20 hours. Even though I was only there for 20 hours, it was a taste of what I will be tackling in my internship next semester there. I volunteered for four days, and over those days I had a total of four projects. All of the project were different, the first was looking up collection software and plugins, then I took inventory on a case, then I recorded notes on a surgeon’s diary, and finally I described each medicine in a pannier box. All of the people I worked with were immensely friendly and insightful, whenever I had questions they were content to help answer them. The overall experience was tremendously insightful, however, there was a few bumps in the road here and there. This practicum was a great experience that makes me eager for my internship in January.

As a volunteer I've learned the value of service to others and to the community, and I've seen the impact it has on those involved. I’ve seen so many people, especially through church outreach, positively affected by those who use their time and talents to serve others. Although volunteering has benefited me externally in many ways, such as my Eagle Scout Project and NHS hours, I’ve also gained a greater understanding of who I am as a person. I’ve learned how important service is and how it can benefit myself and others around

When I volunteer at Baltimore soup kitchens and Elkridge food pantries, I meet a variety of clients. Sometimes, I get a chance to listen to their stories. Their words let me know that they did not arrive here because of drugs or laziness, but because of their own unique, unfortunate situations. My experiences volunteering make it clear that everything is multi-faceted, whether it is a person, an object or an idea. The heartbreaking story of a rather scary looking gentlemen reminds me to not be arrogant or judgmental and to approach unfamiliarity with respect and curiosity instead. These activities expand my perspectives and teaches me to be humble. Overall, I am able to grow and mature as a person through these

I have only had two different jobs in my life. Both required much of my time and caused me to be exhausted at the end of the day. As a student in high school, I knew that volunteering and having a job would help build my resume. I knew that that would help put me in a better position to get a job and start my career. Volunteering and working are both very different experiences but cost lots of time and effort.

My third day at Agape was on March 24, 2016. On that day I went in for tuck in calls as usually but these time it was something different. This time is very emotional because one of the patient I called said that he was very lonely and wanted to have company. Just to him say this made me feel very emotional, I could image him sitting there all alone of his front porch. This where volunteer comes in to support the nurse and the families. Many families and nurses can't spend the time with their patient and love due to fact that there are working or doing there jobs. Its is one of the reason I volunteer because of this. I can relate to this because my grandmother is always be her self until my mother gets off from work and when my mother is done

“A
volunteer handbook serves three major purposes: relaying crucial organizational
information, establishing clear expectations, and emphasizing the importance of volunteers to your organization.” Volunteer handbooks are a good tool to make sure you get the most out of your volunteering experience. This handbook was created to outline the expectations that we have for our volunteers, and to provide them with information to get them prepared for the weekend. Section 3.2 reviews all of the volunteer positions needed during the weekend, and the role that each position will play. This handbook is laid out to answer any questions that you may have, or direct you to someone who can answer them. It will provide

Weeping sounds from babies are the first thing I heard when I stepped foot into my volunteering site. The weeping sounded as if the babies were hopeless, lonely, and in pain. Everybody around seemed so busy or just didn’t want be bother with a crying baby. I couldn’t just stand there and let the baby cry. I had to do something. But what?

My thoughts on working as an unpaid volunteer is that it in contrary to not earning any monetary currency is that pay is still actually earned. Even though there is no monetary value to the work you earn seven fold in knowledge, experience, and future application into work and college. The knowledge of different type of works, such as food kitchens, carpentry, and social skills. As well there is experience gained in any job that is worked with and that experience will help later in life. As well volunteer work is an appealing item to be on a college resume as well as work resumes since it shows concern for both the community and for other people.

Looking at the first dilemma, I would present the volunteer opportunity to employees as a way to help give back to the community they work in. I would also try to approach union leadership to see if they wanted to collaborate with the company on the volunteer opportunity. If there was a lot of negative feedback about volunteering their personal time I would allow any one that volunteered the day off with pay to work at the retirement home. This would allow the company to say the employees volunteered their time and care about their social responsibility. A drawback to this plan may be a delay to work that had been going on at the plant due to the loss of a work day.

This has been part of my meaning making process throughout my life and in this project. Volunteering is one way that I have participated in, but not as often as I would like. There are so many opportunities so having to do this assignment helped me to think about this more now. I felt it was beneficial to get it done all at the same time frame so that it could really impact my experience, which it did. I was able to work to feed the homeless and help stock things for families who could not afford food on their own. By giving my free labor I was able to help feed many others and this was the best part of doing this type of service. After the first session, I felt so grateful for my own life and what/who I have in it. I was able to see how working jobs, such as these require a lot of physical labor. This is something that I have not really experienced in my own life. I worked really hard to help in both parts of this volunteering experience. I did what I was told and did not complain about it. It was rewarding and easy to just listen to what the supervisors asked of me since most of the work I do is usually mental and not physical at all. I actually went home with my wrist hurting from working so hard and this made me appreciate people who do this work every day. It was also great to help families find what they needed at the food pantry and interact with them because I probably would not encounter this

For the service learning portion of this class I volunteered at a children’s clinic. The clinic I volunteered at is called Chandler Medical Plaza located in Dallas, Texas. The purpose of me volunteering there was to get a look at children and to get an understanding of my future career. Volunteering gives students like me the opportunity to gain experience in a career field I am interested in. It is also important that I understand the extent and the importance of working with children. What other way to understand it if I do not gain it from experience. Volunteering also helps one get involved in the community and make a statement. I believe volunteering serves many purposes but most importantly it gives me the necessary experience one needs before stepping into a career.

Volunteering is a key element in society, and it has evolved dramatically over time, taking many forms. Before the 1970’s, the main form of volunteering was local club-style groups which emphasized membership and loyalty. One major goal of many of these club-style groups was to promote local pride by conveying to everyone else that their community is great. They glorify volunteering and participation in a way. However, merely conveying this sense of greatness is not enough; these local groups had to find a way to not only promote their community, but also to improve it as well. They do this by hosting fundraisers and charity events in order to raise money and spread awareness for various social issues. These local club-style groups have very broad goals such as making their community more prosperous, but they do not have any specific goals. They are not geared towards solving specific social problems. Instead, their strategy is to just specialize in raising money and awareness to support many different causes, as money can be used to advance almost any cause. These club-style groups stressed the importance of loyalty. Many of its members felt devoted to the groups they were in and would even make space in their schedule to accommodate for meetings and events. Many of the people who participated in such groups were reluctant to skip a meeting, since they viewed the club as not only a long-term commitment but also as a social escape. Some people join these club-style groups

I volunteered at the United Boys and Girls of Saint Barbara County (UBGSB). This is a non-profit youth development agency that deals with children ranging as from five to eighteen years of age in the county of Saint Barbara County. The organization’s mission aims to encourage the young population to be productive in their endeavors as well as being responsible for everything they are doing. Areas of concerns are focusing on the academic performance, role models, and adopting healthy behaviors in the population. I choose this organization because being a psychology student, it will enable me to work with children and therefore improve my knowledge in psychology and how to deal with children.