Being Volunteer

The first reason you should volunteer is that it betters the community around you. You can live in the most beautiful city in the world but would not want to live there it was dirty because of a lack of people caring about littering or if there were large amounts of homeless and hungry people because no one volunteered to help build a house or volunteer at a soup kitchen

During my time volunteering at Wilmington Health and Rehab and The Woods at Holly Tree, I learned a lot from the experience by talking with the residents and observing. To be honest I was quite nervous when I started to volunteer. Although I’ve been to elder center before because of my grandmother, great grandmother, and volunteering with my church but, I was never around a big group of elder people I didn’t know. After my first day of volunteering I felt a lot more comfortable and it felt rewarding knowing I was able to help make their day. In this essay I will be discussing my experience, any myths or stereotypes that were presented, several theories, and any diversity I observed.

Volunteering gives me the opportunity to be there for someone and to change people’s lives including my own. Volunteering to me is a way of giving back to the community or someone in need of help. For as long as I can remember I have always had the passion for helping people especially children and the aged, thus my interest in nursing. Any opportunity to perform an act of kindness made me happy that at least I could be of help to someone. From taking care of my siblings and cousins, babysitting, helping friends and among others. Of the many goals I have in life the most important one is to provide help to those in need through my commitment of service. I volunteered at a daycare school closer to me and

I love the idea of providing students with a variety of opportunities that would satisfy each student's needs. Whether its research, volunteering and community service, it all is provided here. The curriculum also allows for a great amount of flexibility enabling students to pursue these other interest that would make them very competitive for residencies. I have a great interest in practicing in underserved communities upon graduation, therefore every opportunity I get to volunteer in clinics and shadow physician in underserved regions is something I look forward to here at Western University of Health Sciences. Likewise, the diverse student body is great as each student come from various backgrounds and have unique experiences all of which

volunteering is important in the public sector because it helps the public services save money other than the military as the military reservists get paid but it is still voluntary. I got all my information from the websites which are for the organisation. the benefits of volunteering are:

Volunteering is something I love doing, I enjoy helping others that struggle with certain things. I love volunteering because I love giving back to the community and helping others. Communicating and making connections with people is very important because it can make a difference in people's lives and you can also have the opportunity to meet new and interesting people. Volunteering is a great opportunity for you to gain skills and experience working in teams. Volunteering can change someone's life a whole lot, you are doing something for someone that they struggle to do. I fit into the Volunteer community through babysitting at church, translating, and volunteering at the OKFD

To understand the importance of volunteering, I volunteered at one cultural event in San Antonio downtown. It was the festival of Diwali, a festival of light celebrate in India every year, organized by the San Antonio municipal and Indian Association. In San Antonio’s downtown we have a Riverwalk and the booth was on one side of river with the bleacher and on the other side was the stadium. Folk dances of India were performed on the stage. I volunteered at a booth of drink. My job was to sell soft drinks like coke for a dollar. I made a working there on the booth and we both had almost same interests due to that I was very surprised. There was also another booth next to us. I helped them to load, carry and organize their booth with food. This

Students are often close minded when it comes to learning, but when they are forced to volunteer they learn new things that are beneficial to their future. When helping others, students learn how to think outside the box and to be innovative. Volunteering can give students the chance to explore and be creative when helping those in need. Being innovative and creative can give students the chance to excel in their academics and school events.They take problem solving to a whole new level that they would have never thought of . Community service is a useful tool to give students a chance on a second outlook on

There are three main types of Episodic Volunteering: temporary, interim and occasional. Temporary volunteers are those who serve for only a short time such as if University of Manitoba want to host an event for a day, the University will look for a student who is willing to volunteer for an hour or two. Those students are called temporary volunteers. Interim volunteers are volunteers that work regularly for one organization but no more than six months. For an instance, interim baby caregiver, those who work as an interim caregiver will only take care of the baby for several months until they handover the baby to the parents. It is usually no longer than six months.

The United States, as some can say, is a country known to be a hand in help. Although, they are a help by choice not mandatorly. In the United States there is a great amount of volunteers for many volunteering programs. The amount of volunteers increase through the years for different causes. There are volunteers for schools, churches, sport clubs, and even more. Not only do Americans volunteer but also make donations. Americans do this sincerely from heart, not because it's a law.

1. Looking back over the times you have volunteered at BIC , what did you find most surprising? Describe it in some detail. Why were you surprised?

I do not agree that it is a requirement to volunteer because to be a volunteer means to have a choice to do that activity and being forced is not volunteering. Some people might have a job and won't have time for volunteering and that can affect their graduation. School already forces you to do so much to graduate and that is just too much for one person to worry about. If there is a major injury in a sport a person might not be able to volunteer and then with the school rules you can't graduate so this is not a smart idea.

Everybody in high school looks forward to graduate. I am looking forward to graduating myself, but I also have higher goals in mind. As a child and even as a teenager, we tend to make personal goals that are far-stretched and sometimes fairytale-like but in the past few weeks I have thought about what I want to do in the future and started setting goals in order to be successful. As a student at Brampton Centennial and aftermath, three personal goals I want to achieve are, first is to volunteer at a non-governmental environmental organization such as Greenpeace or Sea Shepherd. Next is to learn German and visit the Netherlands and Germany. Finally, is to figure out my passion(s).

I am an individual who truly loves the feeling of being useful and helping out. That is why I love to volunteer for task in which I need to do something, such as running back and forth to help a team out, or answering any questions a person may have. My passion is something that drives me to do my best and knowing that my work will have a positive benefit in another person's life makes it all the more important for me to be available and excited for this wonderful opportunity that is being provided.

There are almost as many reasons for getting involved in volunteer work as there are volunteers. Once people get started, they find that their deepest rewards are ones they didn't expect when they first came looking for a volunteer assignment. Participants entered the volunteer world through ads in the paper, articles in the media and invitations by friends. They wanted to get involved in a new community, they overheard someone talking about a need or they just wanted to be active. Some wanted to repay a perceived debt to society and others took up volunteer work as part of a major reassessment of