Volunteering allows adults to connect to community and make it a better place. In fact, even helping out with the smallest tasks can make a real difference to people lives, animals, and for organizations in need. Volunteering is a two-way street where it can benefit you and your family as much as the causes choose to help. Furthermore, dedicating your time as a volunteer helps you to make new friends, expand your network, and also boost your social skills. In my opinion, volunteer also one of the best ways to make new friends and strengthen existing relationships is to commit to a shared activity together. On the other hand, a 2010 AARP study reported that prevalence of adults’ loneliness is at an all-time high, with about one in three adults age 45 or older categorized as lonely. Volunteering for adults is such a great way to meet new people at new place and it strengthens your ties to the community and broadens your support network, exposing you more to people with common interests, neighbourhood resources, and to have fun and fulfilling activities. Besides, volunteering will increase social and relationship skills towards adults as it gives adults the opportunity to practice and develop adults’ social skills, since they are meeting regularly with a group of people with common interests. To conclude, once you have a momentum, it’s easier to branch out and to make more friends and …show more content…
Studies of the health effects of volunteering found that helping others on a regular basis such as serving food in a kitchen or reading to the blind can reduce almost early mortality rates by 22%, compared to those who don’t participate in such activities. In fact, during later life, volunteering is even more beneficial for one's health than exercising and eating well. Older people who volunteer in a work remain physically and mentally functional longer, have more robust psychological well-being, and even live longer. However, older people who volunteer are almost always people who volunteered earlier in the life. Health and longevity gains from volunteering come from establishing meaningful volunteer roles before you retire and continuing to volunteer once you arrive in your post-retirement years. Therefore, older volunteers tend to walk more and it is easier to cope with everyday tasks, are less likely to develop high blood pressure, and to have better thinking skills. The main important gains from volunteering in a work can lessen the symptoms of chronic pain and also reduce the risk of heart disease. To conclude, adults and also people with disabilities and chronic health conditions are encouraged to volunteer themselves so that the greater benefits they might get from it and to have a better