The Flexibility of Volunteerism
A little more than a month ago, I had the opportunity to visit the beautiful city of San Diego. The scenic landscapes, the intriguing history, and the weather are some of the few characteristics that made me fall in love with the city. A few weeks after I came back to NY, the news of the various wild fires in San Diego devastated me. Then I began hearing about the overwhelming number of volunteers helping out at Qualcomm Stadium; the insane amount of donations being received on a daily basis; firefighters from all over the country coming to help out. It will never cease to amaze me the ability of individuals giving their time to help another individual when times are tough. Granted, tragedies aren't the only time for volunteerism to shine, but sometimes people will be influence by these tragedies and want to continue giving back in some way.
I found this article about people who volunteered during the San Diego wildfires. READ IT
I found this article about people who volunteered during the San Diego wildfires. READ IT
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It's very true that being a volunteer is a great thing to do. However, the person receiving the most from volunteering or giving back and making a difference is the person doing the giving.
This is one of the greatest ways I know to live where your heart is filled with peace, love and joy.
Imagine if everyone did something great for other people and our world every single day.
Additionally, our youth are the new leaders and it's critical to give them the opportunity to be the greatest people possible. Helping them reach their highest potential and fullfill their calling in life is vital to a better future.
Kevin Lynch
Founder, MakeYourDifference.com
The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware had a wonderful article the other day about the befefits of family volunteering. I think encouraging children from an early age is a wonderful way to give back and instills a feeling of responsibility and respect.
To read the article check out our blog www.volunteerdelaware.blogspot.com and click on the January 3rd post.
Carrie Happoldt
I have led a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago for more than 30 years and am a Commissioner for the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. I congratulate you on hosting this blog. I formed the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in all high poverty areas of the Chicago region and I host a conference every May and November to bring people together. The web site is http://www.tutormentorconference.org
I'd like to encourage bloggers to participate so we can teach more organizations to use blogs strategically as part of their own marketing, training, volunteer recruitment, etc. So far, I think only a small percent of the more than 200 tutor/mentor programs in Chicago are using blogs in any way. What's the history where you are?
That “crisis of work” theories have inadequately interrogated such forms of work as volunteering and neglected the growth in political attention paid to their economic relevance is contrasted by studies that aim to tease out the value of and purpose behind volunteering’s labor, its cultural connotation, and the study of its social-attainment effects. In this study we look at the "crisis of work" account by Sennett and use data on volunteers to examine some of his assumptions about labor in the new cultural economy. Rather than assuming, with Gorz and others, that we are moving beyond a workplace-based society, we argue that alternative forms of creative work, which are both individually and collectively enhancing, are moving into the zone of work. Whether these change the subjective meanings of volunteering and the meaning of work as labor is a matter for investigation.
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