Volunteering

VOLUNTEERINGIN THE COMMUNITY

Have you ever volunteer to help

your local community?

What is volunteering in the community?

Why should I volunteer?

Where do I volunteer?

How can I volunteer?

What benefits will I acquire? What good will it do to others?

Types of Volunteering Services

1. Volunteering as Utilized by Service Learning Programs

2. Skills-based volunteering

3. Volunteering in developing countries (Voluntourism)

4. Virtual volunteering (e-volunteering or online volunteering)

5. Environmental volunteering ( environmental management or conservation)

6. Volunteering in an emergency (natural disaster)

7. Corporate volunteering (Employee Volunteering Programs, EVPs)

Places You Can Get Involved

Benefits of Volunteering

in The Community

Benefits of Volunteering are as follow:

a) It is good for the community

b) It makes you feel great and worthy

c) It is a meaningful way to spend time with your family as well as meeting new

people

a) It is good for the community: teaches us to give back to community

clean up the local community park, you may bring a lifetime of

happiness in some child's life.

Or provide shelter and warmth to a family who lives on the

streets by volunteering to help in building them a home.

For example, you can volunteer in Malaysian CARE where they

help the mentally ill, drug dependents, prisoners, disabled

people, and Orang Asli to develop a better living condition.

Why not spend a little time helping others, because in the end,

what goes around comes around.

b) It makes you feel good makes a person feel worthy, accomplished something : made

someone else's life better or they made a change in their

community somehow.

Volunteering also shows that that person is generous,

compassionate, and good-hearted, because he/she is kind

enough to give up a few hours of their time and put it into their

community.

gives you an opportunity to change people's lives

By helping or supporting others, you learn and use new skills,

gaining confidence, building self-esteem

c) It is a meaningful way to spend time with your family as well as

meeting new people

a) good way to meet people, learn, and develop social

skills.

b) Spend time with family, and at the same time help

others- it’s a win-win situation

President Barack Obama and daughter, Sasha spent Martin Luther King Jr. day volunteering at a local soup kitchen

Conclusion

In conclusion, volunteering for the community helps to:

a) form a healthy and good community

b) achieve self- worthy and self-satisfaction

c) Establish a good way to spend time with family as well as meeting new people

It does not matter what you volunteer to

help, the important part is actually getting out

there and lending a hand to those that really

need it.

So start volunteering yourself today!

Volunteering is a fulfilling and rewarding experience that no one can ever take away from you!

Your contribution can help to shape abetter community, and humanity canbe restored to create a better worldfor all.

REFERENCES

1. Georgeou, Nichole, Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering, New York:Routledge, 2012. ISBN 9780415809153

2. Winfield, Mark. The Essential Volunteer Handbook. Friesen Press,2012. ISBN 978-1-4602-1581-4.

3. Someone Healthy. Com (2013), Health Benefits of Volunteering, viewed on 1December 2014, available at <http://someonehealthy.com/health-benefits-of-volunteering/>

4. Kennedy, (2013), The Benefits of Volunteering, viewed on 5 December 201,available at <http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/95846.html>

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