What is volunteering?
Volunteering- to do something for other people or for an organization, willingly and without being forced or paid to do it. Volunteering allows you to connect to your community and make it a better place, new skills, advance your career, and even feel happier and healthier.
4 the most important reasons for volunteering
- helps to communicate with other people
- good for mental and physical health
- good for your career
- for fun and new emotions
Helps to communicate with other people
One of the more well-known benefits of volunteering is the impact on the community.Dedicating your time to a volunteer help you make new friends, expand your network, and discover your social skills.Volunteering is a great way to meet new people, especially if you are in the new area. Also ,it’s the opportunity to practice and develop your social skills, when you are meeting regularly with a group of people with common interests. Volunteering can become an example for the younger generations . You'll show them how it makes a difference. And how good it feels to help other people, animals.
Good for mental and physical health
Volunteering provides many benefits to both mental and physical health.Volunteering keeps you in regular contact with others and helps you develop a rely support system, which can protect your from depression.Your role as a volunteer can also give you a sense of pride and identity. And the better you feel about yourself, the more likely you are to have a positive view of your life and future goals.
Good for your career
Volunteering can develop important qualities for your future career such as teamwork, communication, problem solving, project planning, task management, and organization. Also, volunteering can add points when entering the university.
For fun and new emotions
Volunteering is a fun and easy way to explore your interests and passions. Also provides you with creativity, motivation, and vision that can carry over into your life.
Where can you find volunteering ads?
- Community theaters, museums, and monuments.
- Libraries
- Places of worship such as churches or synagogues.
- Youth organizations, sports teams, and after-school programs.
- Special online sites.
And to sum up, this year I want to try myself as a volunteer. Wait for a new article with my personal experience!!