Have you ever done any volunteer work? What kind?

Answer 1

sure, I volunteered for about a year in Traders Fair World Shop, which is a fair trade shop (working towards ending third world poverty and making trade fair so that farmers and producers in 3rd world are actually paid for the services and goods they provide - as they should be!)

Happy Christmas :)

Answer 2

When this question was asked I was 10 years old. Wow time flies!

I'll just cut to the chase for anyone who may view this question in future: I volunteer with the Citizen's Advice Bureau (UK) and I love it. I also study for my degree so I have to balance my days working there. I've met lovely people there who care very much about the work they do and are lovely to interact with. There are different races and ages, a good mix. I often see myself going back and volunteering more than I signed up for because it's very rewarding and I love being in an environment where no one judges you and you could just go out for lunch with someone you just met...like a new volunteer. It's so easy to get to know people there, it's a real people's place. Of course this depends on the bureau because some bureaus are smaller than others. I've also developed a good professional relationship with my supervisor who is friendly to talk to about any help I might need when dealing with clients. I volunteer as a gateway assessor, I work on the telephones. Our office is separate from the main office which consists of reception, advisers etc...where our clients visit. Our office deals with the telephone calls and other things that are vital for running the bureau.

I think everyone should volunteer at least once, it is very rewarding and makes your CV more attractive.

Answer 3

Yes, I have and am volunteering. I volunteered with Special Olympics as a coach, a board member, and as a helper as competitions. .

I am currently volunteering where I used to work as the Head of the Human Rights Committee, reviewing annual for each person served who has an restrictive measures from psychotropic medications, to limitations in money access, to locks on doors, or even use of the telephone. BYW these are people with developmental disabilities served by the State of Nevada.

Answer 4

I've done a ton of it. It always makes me feel better. You can do a regular commitment: I read books for blind students every Thursday for years; you can do stuff that's done-in-a-day: I helped clean up empty lots, and I visited nursing homes, and I helped clean the homes of elderly people who couldn't deal with their clutter and were going to get evicted. There's also volunteer work that you can do in an hour: I give blood, and it's a great feeling. Even if you only have a minute, you can talk to a homeless person and wish him well, I'd count that as volunteer work. I really recommend it!

Answer 5

Yes, and as I recently heard Barbara Bush say in an interview, "volunteering can be inconvenient, but the retirement benefits are out of this world." Most recently I helped out in a mentoring situation for a student in need. Also, I worked in a local safe-house for battered women. I answered phones and represented the organization in speaking engagements, and to receive donations from clubs and civic organizations. There are so many needs out there, just find something you're interested in and make a call. Children, older people, literacy, homelessness, poverty - the list is long. It will feed your soul.

Answer 6

I spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Senegal (Africa), working as a community organizer.

Later I spent a year working as a nursing home residents' advoacte with VISTA.

I worked as a volunteer teaching English to new immigrants.

Now I live in Mexico. I volunteered to teach English as a Foreign Language to a group of fourth graders; it lasted only one semester.

I've been a volunteer Scout leader for nine years. Among other things, I've personally planted several hundred trees. I've collected money for the Red Cross, Mexcio's Telethon, the International Commission for Refugees, and victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. I've also spent endless hours working at collection centers to provide relief for hurricane victims.

As a young man, I worked as a full-time volunteer on a political campaign. I have volunteered my services on many other campaigns, also.

Does donating blood count? I might add that I have signed papers to donate my body to science after I die.

Answer 7

I've volunteered in the special olympics, building houses, cleaning and helping to maintain a garden for a senior citizen's building. I also helped sort christmas gifts for NAM, and I've organized food dispersment by sorting foods and making packages for specific family quantities at CAM.

My mother and I have donated furniture, clothing, and money to purple heart for over 3 years now.

There's a lot of different things that can be done, you just have to have the initiative to go out there and find the opportunity.

Answer 8

In college I tutored students who couldn't pass the writer's competency exam, teaching them to write a) a coherent sentence b)a coherent paragraph c) a coherent essay. Not easy, and that was 25 yrs ago!
Until about 8 yrs ago I volunteered one day a week at our local Christian bookstore, filing purchase orders and pricing and placing books on the shelves. They now pay to have this done but didn't offer me the job!!

Answer 9

Yes I have volunteered at a Veteran's Hospital and Veteran's Nursing Home. Also I volunteered for the Deaf/Blind. I helped with their Ceramics, Jewelry and other clubs they have. I loved every minute of it and learned so much too.

Answer 10

My church owns a old cinema which it has transformed into a Jesus centre which includes a drop in and other services/groups. I do some work in there and some outreach work in the local red light district. I have found that whatever effort I have put in I have gained a lot from it also and I am sure whatever you do you will find the same. Best wishes.