The importance and benefits of giving back to your community
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1: It’s good for you: Volunteering provides mental and physical rewards. It:
Reduces stress: Experts report that usual tension-producing patterns interrupts when you focus on someone other than yourself.
Makes you healthier: Moods and emotions, like optimism, strengthen the immune system and joy.
2: It saves resources. Value of a volunteer’s time provides valuable community services
The estimated Volunteering cost is lump sum per hour, so more money can be spent on local improvements.
3: Volunteers gain practical experience.
You can pursue a career what you do for a living and includes history of our paid work.
4: It brings people together.
Building camaraderie and teamwork uniting people from diverse backgrounds to work toward a common goal as a volunteer you assist in.
5: It promotes self-esteem and personal growth, understanding community needs helps foster self-efficacy and empathy.
6: Volunteering strengthens your community.
As a volunteer you help:
Daycare and elder care support to families.
Tutoring improve schools & literacy.
Mentoring and after-school program to support youth.
Beach and park cleanups to beautify the community.
7: You learn a lot.
Volunteers learn things like these:
Through working with local non-profit agencies, volunteers gain knowledge of local resources available to solve community needs and learn about the functions and operation of our government. Volunteers find hidden talents that may change your view on yourself.
8: You get a chance of giving back.
People like to support community resources that benefit people they care about or that they use themselves.
9: Volunteering encourages civic responsibility.
Volunteerism and Community service are an investment in our community and the people.
10: You make a difference.
Every person counts!
Tips for Getting Started Volunteering |
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First, ask yourself whether there is something specific you want to do
For example, do I want…
…to try something new
…to do something with my spare time
…to meet people who are different to me
…to make it better around where I live
…I might want to do as a full-time job have a go at the type of work.
…to see a different new places and way of life
…to do something I’m good at
…to do more with my interests and hobbies
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