2007-12-04 12:41:09 · 5 answers · asked by shan_ali36 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
It's important so YOU can see, first-hand, how your community works, what your community needs, what *isn't* working in your community, etc., and so that you can feel a sense of ownership in *your* community. With the first-hand, unfiltered knowledge you acquire in community service, you can pressure your government officials and the area's larger employers to invest more or differently in the community. Knowledge is power!
Community service is also good for you, personally -- it can give you an outlet for your skills and talents that aren't used in your workplace. The hairdresser down the street may be the president of her school's PTA. The accountant working in the cubicle next to you may be a volunteer firefighter. The retired grandmother you see in her garden most days may also engage in online activism in the evenings.
2007-12-04 18:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jayne says READ MORE BOOKS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Community Service helps alot of organizations keep there doors open because they keep there costs down. I am a volunteer at our local humane society they have a handful of paid employees but they have even a larger amount of volunteers, these people do everything from cleaning cages walking dogs taking animals to grooming appointments, caring for animals in there own homes when shelters are too full, and keeping the puppies and kittens in there own homes and bottle feeding them many times during the night just because they have no mother and they are too small to be left alone. There are countless other things that these people do. But the point again being with out these people alot of the organizations would not be able to to what they need to do.
2007-12-07 12:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Community service/activism is a type of direct action where you, not lawmakers, have the power to change your community for the better. Why should we work extra hard so we can pay more taxes so lawmakers can try to use their best judgment to spend our money on the things we want most, when we can just do them ourselves?
Check out these links as some example of anarchist community-building projects.
2007-12-04 12:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I worked with inner-city kids (as a volunteer for PAL police athletic league ) and i can tell you it is very important we had so many groups come in and educate &help all those kids who would not have anywhere to go if the center was not open
2007-12-11 13:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by Leah nora 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of non profit organization depend on volunteers to keep there doors open.
2007-12-04 22:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Eagles Fly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋