Volunteering Experience Essay

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…

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…

Harvest homes was less of a choice of volunteering than a responsibility to. Two years ago my mum was offered a job at this facility by some of the friends that she volunteered with. The job she was offered was quite simple in concept. She was asked to direct all activities for the residents to participate in and, sometime in the future, was asked to spend some time every day working at the front desk. Over the two years following, I witnessed my mother struggle to continually meet the demands…

volunteerism is not profit based, one may ask, “What do we gain when we give out to others?” What are the benefits of Volunteering? The answer to this question is rather simple. “We rise by lifting others”- Robert Ingersoll. There is incredible value in being of service to others. Of late, it’s difficult to find time to volunteer due to people’s busy lives. However, benefits of volunteering are humongous to you, your family, your community, and the nation as a…

While preforming the required community service hours for this coursework, as students we were also asked to read a few articles using SAGE Journals that are related to our experience. The service that I preformed was completed in my own community and found these next three articles appropriate for the services. The first article is an entry from James Griffith’s “A Decade of Helping: Community Service Among Recent High School Graduates Attending College”. Followed by “Volunteer Engagement and…

INTRODUCTION Volunteer Tourism or voluntourism can define as a form of tourism where the tourists volunteer in local communities as part of their travel (Sin 2009). Also, Brown (2005) remarks the term of voluntourism as the type of tourism experience where a tour operator offers travellers an opportunity to participate in an expedition that has a volunteer components, as well as immerse oneself in the local culture and community and engage in conservation projects and explore career…

at the clinic. (Newsletter) Not only do they use quotes from patients, but they also include testimonials from volunteers and staff stating how good of an experience volunteering at the clinic was and that it will be something they remember forever. (Get Involved) They use these examples of patients and volunteering having good experiences there to get readers to have the urge to volunteer at such a nice place. Continuously bringing up the fact that donations are a “vital part of [their]…

Habitat for Humanity Self-Reflection Assignment The organization that I chose to complete my hours was with Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is about helping to build decent, safe and affordable housing, which include houses for single families and multi-unit houses (Habitat for Humanity, 2018).Habitat for Humanity's mission is to build affordable housing for families who are financially unstable, they also have a statement that truly reflects on what Habitat, "Seeking to put God's…

internal groan when I heard that community service was required and would be set as a grade. I had only known volunteerism as doing a dull boring task with no discernible reward. But after experiencing it for myself I found it quite the contrary. Volunteering is a way to meet new people and witness a group working toward a greater cause. Looking to the future I hope to volunteer at the local library and Humane Society. The job I chose for this quarter was to help at the Apple Butter Stir Off an…

elderly person.” I found much greater significance to this quote by Andy Rooney after volunteering at Morning Pointe through the United Way’s Volunteer Center. Through this experience, I was offered one-on-one/small group time with seniors in an assisted living facility in Chattanooga. This opportunity was a deep and meaningful one to me; I was able to converse with people who possessed an abundance of life experience and wisdom and brighten their day in the process. Assisted living facilities…