Outreach360: The Many Benefits Of Volunteering

It is truly amazing when you are able to find an organization or program that can stick to their values and acknowledge an obvious problem. With so many organizations out there you can never really know everything about them without some further exploration. Since being told about the organization called Outreach360 it always seemed like a good program to analyze. Outreach360 is an organization that is focused on making an effort to create volunteering opportunities around the world. It should be known that volunteering is a perfect excuse for anyone to have an effect on another community as well as benefit themselves in one way or another. There are so many benefits to volunteering that many people don’t realize can be so valuable to them. First, it gives you the ability to increase your skill development. Volunteering helps you learn new …show more content…
Next, it is a great way for people to grow personally. It allows you to experience new experiences that help with a person’s advanced learning. It can also have a direct effect on a volunteer’s health. “Older adults who volunteer and who engage in more hours of volunteering report higher levels of well-being. This positive effect was not moderated by social integration, race, or gender. There was no effect of the number of organizations for which the older adult volunteered, the type of organization, or the perceived benefit of the work to others” (Morrow-Howell, Hinterlong, Rozario). Lastly, you have the ability to make a lifelong impact. This could be either in your own community or another place thousands of miles away around the globe.
It is hard for many organizations that can find people who truly want to volunteer because of the way they are lead. There are many reasons why volunteering is a problem if you don’t do it the