Youth - Why Volunteer?

Through volunteerism, teens have the power to positively impact their community! Have you ever thought about volunteering your time to a community organization? There are many different reasons for you to start volunteering:

• To explore a career
• To improve your communication skills
• To gain work experience for your resume
• To enhance personal development and growth
• To develop new friendships and meet interesting people
• To learn how to bring about community change
• To use individual creativity and explore new ideas and concepts
• To develop leadership sills, gain confidence, and self-esteem
• To learn skills in problem solving
• To fulfill need to achieve
• To increase chances for scholarships
• To help others
• To practice something you're good at, such as music or computers

 

The "DO's" of Great Volunteering

• Do be flexible. Open-mindedness will help you enjoy your experience even more.
• Do be persistent. If you are not contacted by your volunteer coordinator or agency right away, it doesn't mean they aren't interested. Why not call them?
• Do be responsible. Show up on time and follow through with commitments. Your work ethic now will be your work ethic later in life.
• Do take initiative. You can even start your own volunteer program and do it on your own time.
• Do expect to get plenty of satisfaction and fun from your volunteer experiences.

Call 272-2087 to volunteer!