Volunteering Essay

Society cares too much about what we do, and not enough about why we do it. Volunteering is a requirement the majority of students in high school must fulfill to graduate. However, there ought to be a reason as to why the mandatory hours became established. Understanding the purpose is the only way we can actually take from the experience. I had grown up spending much of my free time at my dance studio. The teachers have taught me for countless of hours and I had gained several skills that I…

Throughout high school I have volunteered and have been an active member in my community. Through Key Club and National Honors Society I have completed over 50 hours of community service to date and I am still regularly volunteering. I also bell ring through Salvation Army around Christmas time periodically. The past two years I have volunteered at "Zooloween Boo" and "Egg-citing day at the Zoo". These two events give children the opportunity to take part in holiday festivities. Another event I…

Volunteering has always been an important part of my life. Helping people and making their lives at least somewhat better has always been an interest of mine. I have seen first-hand how unfortunate some people are compared to me. I have volunteered in bake sales, libraries and even a food bank trying to help people who were dealing with physical limitations. Just last year I sold chocolate for HOSA to help donate money to Susan G. Komen. Memorial Hermann-TMC will be able to give me an…

less fortunate at a local food pantry. I am also an active member of the volunteering club at my high school and the American Red Cross. Generosity was one of the characteristics that I attained throughout my volunteering experience. My whole community and high school thrive into better places for others today. I started volunteering at St. Martha's Pantry in sixth grade until my freshman year. I also devoted my volunteering at my local church's food pantry. Everyday after school, I would bag…

Volunteering at Facility for the Aged and Infirm This semester, which is spring 2017, I have a course called “Global Awareness seminar: migration “ as a part of my student schedule. In this course, I am required to do a service activity. I was given a list with activities that have a related with Global awareness or migration. I had to choose one of those activities. Then, I chose to volunteer at a facility for the aged and infirm. On Monday 13 of March, I visited a facility for the aged and…

Three Square volunteer gives her take on the experience Jacqulin Schuette, a UNLV graduate with a kinesiology degree has always thought volunteering should be an important part of someone’s life. Jacqulin has always been the first person to raise their hand to volunteer, and Three Square was no exception. A call was made looking for volunteers and once again Jacqulin was more than willing to assist. Three Square is very dependent on volunteers and have been lucky enough to have tens of…

The concept of “bad” volunteering is unfortunately a sad reality and the differences amongst volunteering and voluntourism is very clear. I believe that volunteering and voluntourism are so vastly different they shouldn’t be categorized as the same, shouldn’t be marketed as the same program, and should not be associated with the same “work”. A volunteer should not be associated with voluntourism as its connotation is that the “tourism” aspect has taken over the “volunteer”. Individuals whose…

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…

I have been volunteering since a very young age approximately twelve years old. The first place being Troxell and Mohr Physical therapy. Then as I got older I got heavily involved in the church and became a youth group leader for Theology of the Body at St. Joachim Catholic church. I would be part of a team who would organize weekly meetings organize retreats for confirmation candidates, The further I got into highschool the more difficult I found it to be to find time to volunteer due to the…

In 2014, it is estimated that nearly 62.6 million Americans volunteered. That same study, conducted by the Corporation for National & Community Service, also showed that all those volunteers’ hours equaled roughly 173 billion dollars in service. That staggering amount is evidence that the volunteers’ efforts are achieving more than originally thought. Volunteers are often depicted as people in hard hats building houses and walking dogs at a local shelter. However, with the demand for quality…