Volunteer Experience

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…

Beowulf displays actions of selflessness through out the poem. His first action was by coming over to Heorot and defeating Grendel. After peace is achieved he walks into certain death to stop the terror of the Dragon that has been destroying his kingdom. Instead of having his men join him in battle he sends them off so that he may fight the Dragon alone and not risk other’s lives. After the Dragon is defeated he asks that all the spoils go to all those in the kingdom so that could prosper.…

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 volunteers, is there another option for organizations? Could the answer be people sitting…

This week was about our volunteer experience and that is what I would like to talk about in my journal. I think that I went a bit non-traditional with doing volunteer cooking and cleaning for Malone’s indigent clients. I really did enjoy it though. My boss said he would rather me spend time within our company doing volunteer work than going elsewhere during business hours. I do not have the opportunity to do anything on weekends with my children being home and my husband having had a recent…

myself and a female customer. This particular customer tried to hand me money as I had bagged and handed her, her paid for items. According to the customer, God told her to bless me, so she wanted me to take the money. During this time, I began to experience feelings of confusion as thoughts clouded my mind. The first thing I thought was that I could really use the money since I did not have any at the time. My second thought brought about the confusion because it just so happens that I am a…

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 focus is on self-fulfillment rather than a commitment to learning, and developing a relationship with the community they are visiting - has given “volunteers” a bad image. As a volunteer, you aren’t present to be the savior of an underprivileged community,…

My three engagement activities of service, leadership and internship complemented each other very well, because all three of my experiences taught me what it meant to be a well-rounded leader. Throughout my entire engagement within the program it was very surprising to see many connections overlap within each activity. The first one I realized that I had practiced with all three activities was social engagement, me practicing social engagement was included in all three of my activities by me…

EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH, VOLUNTEER, & EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES Paid Employment #1 Supervisor, pharmaceutical recruiter As a team leader of scientific recruiters, I was able to utilize my leadership skills and recieved exposure to the job requirements of various clinical professionals. I led a team of recruiters and offered conceptual knowledge of the terminology used in clinical environments. The companies which I staffed for included: Novartis, Biogen, Bayer, Abbott, and Exedra. I learned a…

and children health. Therefore the experience at St. James served as a great experience, in providing the opportunity to observe how children interact in social situations. This experience relates to the health field because it provided me with the skills to be able to interact with children and be able to approach adults. Problem-solving skills are something I learned from this experience that will benefit my career in the health field. My volunteer experience at St. James afterschool…

Outside of class, I have been fortunate enough to volunteer as a pharmaceutical assistant. As an aspiring pharmacist, the experience of being first-hand behind the counter has shown me many highlights about the occupation. A pharmacist possesses extraordinary attentive skills for understanding patient difficulties and administering the applicable medication. Some of my responsibilities consisted of organization of patient files, working the cash register and aiding customers. A pharmacist has…