Homeless Volunteer
Tera Penrod
Purpose: To share my experience of being homeless and how it has affected me.
Audience: Readers interested in being enlightened about the homeless at a personal level.
“Better is a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.”- PROVERBS 28:6. I learned the truth in this verse while living with relatives in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the time I became homeless. What comes to mind when thinking about homeless people? I remember the first time I saw a homeless person begging at an intersection. He looked scruffy, unkempt, and dirty, which really scared me because I did not know what he would do to me. He just stood there, holding a sign that read, “Out of work,…show more content… I was now out of job, with nowhere to live, and no means of an income. I finally had to swallow any pride I had left and make the call to my father, who lived in Michigan. After talking and explaining everything (most everything, because what girl wants to tell their father they were raped) to my father, he was displeased. He didn’t have any money to send me, wouldn’t send me money if he did have any, and told me that I chose to move to Colorado, so I needed to work it out for myself. I was more than dumbfounded, and wondered if he even believed me or if he thought I was trying to scheme him for money. Whatever his reasons, I was on my own with no one and nowhere to go. I was officially homeless and horrified. I refused to make signs for begging and didn’t want to be judged as I had judged others. I did have a little bit of money, but not enough for a place to live and decided that I would use some of it for the city transit in search of a new job. Looking for a job was much harder than I anticipated because I didn’t have an address, references or a phone number to be reached at (because it was shut off for lack of payment). These were the reasons I was unable to completely fill out an application or to be hired. I didn’t know of anything else to do except to just be homeless and live like them (or at least how I thought). I knew I had some money left over that I could use for food, and had even thought about staying in a motel for a few nights.
does, what a volunteer needs to do, and what the benefits are of a volunteer.
William Booth, a Methodist Minister, founded the Salvation Army in London in 1865. “This organization is dedicated to the propagation of the Christian faith and furnishing various forms of assistance to persons in need of
organization that goes all around the world to help the ones who do not have a steady place to live. They openly accept anyone who would like to volunteer that is sixteen or older, as long as they have a clean background check. This organization prioritizes on healing the wounded hearts that have been through so much by showing Gods love. The volunteers of this organization are doing so much more than just giving someone a home, they are filling people’s spirits with confidence and love that they
skills, meet new people, and improve your school and/or job application, and that’s only a few reasons.
To start us off, volunteering is needed at many places all over the state, country, and even the world. Whether you want to groom dogs, feed the homeless, spend time with elders, or throw a party for children, volunteering is not limited to one task. In fact, you expose yourself to new tasks and skills that you can continue to improve on. You typically work in an unfamiliar area that will allow you
but come from dramatically diverging backgrounds.
Board members are the volunteers who are deeply passionate about driving forward a nonprofits mission, bringing to the table a wide array of varying life and professional experiences and insight. They are unpaid for the time and knowledge that they have dedicated to the nonprofit, but are doing it instead out of their deep belief in the organizations mission.
Policy volunteers are very similar to a board member, as they use their knowledge to enhance
once said, “Volunteer work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dreams shall never die.” (Kennedy, Ted) Merriam Webster defines “volunteerism” as the act or practice of doing volunteer work in community service. (Webster, Merriam) Not only do you get to feel good about yourself, but also you get the satisfaction of incorporating service into the lives of people and making a difference in your community. With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer, however the benefits
Going Beyond
There are many ways in life that changes the lives of people and the ones around them.
Volunteerism involvement is giving of one’s talent and time. It is about an expression of human
relationships and giving of oneself. Being a volunteer can change lives and can lead oneself to a
career path they never dreamed of having. Also, while having a positive effect on a community
and the lives of so many. Volunteering creates real life experiences, it builds strong character,
and it lays
Going Beyond
There are many ways in life that changes the lives of people and the ones around them.
Volunteerism involvement is giving of one’s talent and time. It is about an expression of human
relationships. Being a volunteer can change lives and can lead oneself to a career path they never
dreamed of having. Also, while having a positive effect on a community and the lives of so
many. Volunteering creates real life experiences, it builds strong character, and it lays a great
foundation
Popcorn Friday in their cafeteria. Volunteers come and help make, bag, and distribute the salty snack to the classrooms. The line goes popcorn machine, empty bags, bag folders and tape placers, finished bags, and classroom totes. However, to make the line flow easily, the line might go; empty bags, popcorn machine, bag folders, tapers, finished bags in lines of five, and the classroom totes that are brought up from the classroom. This suggested lineup requires a volunteer to open bags and place them so
specific to the volunteer task, whether the person was recruited for the work or if they found it themselves, life stage of the volunteer, or even the motivation behind donating time. Although research has proved that volunteering affects each individual differently, it has also proved that the affects are typically positive. Within the research done on how volunteerism affects well-being a few major themes emerge: motivations behind volunteering, the affects of volunteerism on the volunteer, and duration