...Junior Achievement is a program that uses hands-on activities to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. What do JA volunteers do? JA volunteers bring a real world perspective to youth in our community. As a Classroom Volunteer, you will lead discussions and activities to encourage teamwork and leadership skills with your class. As an Exchange City Volunteer, you will act as a business consultant who helps students run their own business and achieve their goals for the day. What other responsibilities does a JA volunteer have? Each school year, volunteers must sign and abide by Junior Achievement's Volunteer Conduct Policy. They must also participate in a 2-3 hour training prior to beginning the program and be available to work with students during the normal school day. Classroom Volunteers follow lesson plans and activities developed by JA and add their unique experiences. What is the time commitment for volunteers? Please see the Time Commitment Chart below for more detail. What are some benefits to volunteering? Volunteers can improve communication skills, increase coaching talents, enhance leadership/supervisory potential and feel good about helping a school in their community. Company benefits include demonstrating their commitment to education/youth and presenting a positive image...
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...organizations that are looking for volunteers. The list given is not the only means of volunteer work, but other options that are already in progress or a personal idea is optional as well. It is understandable that many already participate in community service, but this is an opportunity to be paid while doing so. As you all are well aware of, strengthening community is what we strive for and our greatest cause. That being said, everyone will not be able or will not want to participate. Further details are below: Non-participants People who choose not to participate will work and be paid for the same number of hours as before. Benefits Group participants will be featured in company publications. Absences (Volunteer or Compensation Work) Be sure to clear ANY planned absences with supervisors during regular business hours. Participants * Employee can spend 1 hour working with a charitable on nonprofit group for every 40 they work. Employees will be paid for this work, so their salaries will not fall. * Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that essential business services are covered during business hours. Hours of Volunteer Work * 1 hour per week * 2 hours every other week * Half- day each month *Volunteer hours cannot be banked from one month to the next; they must be used each month. Non-participants People who choose not to participate will work and be paid for the same number of hours as before. Start Date January...
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...Number 1, 2011 www.ijemr.org VOLUNTEER SATISFACTION AND INTENT TO REMAIN: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AMONG PROFESSIONAL GOLF EVENT VOLUNTEERS Gina Pauline Syracuse University ABSTRACT Sport events are increasingly reliant on episodic volunteers for the successful delivery of an event. As there continues to exist a surge in the organization of sporting events coupled with the demand for volunteers, event organizers must concern themselves with utilizing the appropriate recruitment and retention strategies. In an effort to do this, one must understand the points of satisfaction for volunteers as well as factors influencing their future intentions to volunteer. While there exists a plethora of research to understand the motivation of volunteers, exploring the antecedents of volunteer satisfaction as well as intent to remain has been limited. This study investigates the factors influencing volunteer satisfaction as well as intentions to remain as a volunteer for future sporting events from an elite men’s golf event on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit. Results indicated that overall volunteers were satisfied with their experience and willing to return yet were concerned with the level of communication between the organization and volunteers. The present study also found that longevity of service influenced volunteer satisfaction. A MANOVA revealed significant differences between first time and returning volunteers in their intent to continue volunteering...
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...The Importance of Volunteering According to Statistics Canada, In 2010 an average of 54% of Nova Scotians volunteered that year with an average of 207 hours. Three years later it has decreased to 51% of voulnteers that year with an average of 181 hours, So why has it decreased instead of increased? There hasn't been a concrete reason but it is most likey due to the increased use of technology. In due time if numbers keep decreasing alot of programs and activities will be lost along with being united as a community. Volunteers support and strengthen a community, they deliver critical services and in the end they have a sense of accomplishment. Taking your time and effort to volunteer can make a difference in your communtiy and can make a difference within you. Firstly, by volunteering you will support and strengthen your community. Little things can be done to make a big difference such as tutoring the youth, taking part in afterschool programs, elderly services (inside and outside guest homes), by cleaning the beaches and parks throughout the community, and by taking part in the community events and fundraisers. Volunteers organize and help with all of these important services and they are needed every single day throughout your community. All of it makes a difference in everyone's day to day lives and it will make a postive influence and difference in your's. Secondly, by volunteering you will have a sense of accomplishment within your community. Volunteering not only...
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...Be honest, this is my first time doing volunteer in my life so far. And I have to say thanks to the class that gives me the opportunity to earn this experience. I think being a volunteer is the best way to show my regards, and contribute my strength to the nature individually. It is also a wonderful experience for just being in the arms of our nature. I get the chance to see how beautiful the nature is, and to learn how to keep this beauty by using our own hands. It was a great experience to work with the Green Seattle Forest Stewards and a group of 15 other volunteers in Burke-Gilman Playground Park. It was exciting to see a lot new people gathering together for this nonprofit activity. We introduced each other and got ready to reach some achievements through our corporations. There were so many different types of tools lied on the ground in front of us, such as, shovels, big scissors, hoes and some professional tools for invading which I was not familiar with. My job was interesting; my mission was to invade the non-native plants on the sidewalk. One of the stewards started showing me what kinds of plants we are invade and teach me how to invade them. There were two main types of non-native plants in our working area, which were ivy and blackberry. Those little individuals grow fast, widely and have really bad affects to the native plants and even the environment system of the area. So it is better to remove them with their roots in order to keep the plants...
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...Tessa Moody Per.1 sociology 5/23/13 Volunteer reflection vol·un·teer [vol-uhn-teer] noun 1. A person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking. 2. A person who performs a service willingly and without pay. Volunteering is that act of commencement free services that one does in order to help an organization or simply an average person. Volunteer work is described in the simplest of words as, “kind”. Many people do volunteer work for many different reasons. People can also volunteer in a number of different places and ways. South Africa, Tanzia, Liberia, Uganda, Haiti and the United States are just a few of common countries that are frequently holding volunteer projects. The tasks volunteers could partake in are countless, but a couple would be education children and adults, preparing meals and ensuring food security, making sure the sick is aided to and taken care of, and help provide shelter to those in need. The common qualities that volunteers usually portray would be a recent college graduate, a student who needs to do field work in order to gain credits to graduate or someone who is looking to change fields in their career. Older middle aged people also may volunteer of course, their reasoning might be that they are retired and are looking for something to do while they are still “young”. Choosing the right place is not very hard; all you need to do is choose a place based on your interests, skills, and background. The place you choose...
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...In order to complete this module I have successfully achieved a place within the West Yorkshire Police as a community volunteer. In order to achieve this I firstly had fill out an online application, giving some personal details and a brief description of why I wanted to become a volunteer. My description included several reasons on why I wanted this, my main one being that I had always wanted to join the police as it has always been my dream job, by starting as a volunteer I felt as though this would gain me a step closer to this. After waiting around a week I received an email asking me to come to a meeting, this would entail a vetting check and going over what being a community volunteer would include. The next day I received an email stating I had passed the checks and I was now a community volunteer within West Yorkshire Police. I have only recently become a volunteer so have not had much of the volunteer experience within the police. As I am now a community volunteer I am now logged on to the Police duty sheet, this is a website which provides volunteering opportunities when they are available. It gives a time, place and some information about what the session would entail. Since becoming a volunteer I have had two opportunities, the first was doing door to door talks within a neighbourhood speaking to them about crime prevention and handing out leaflets. There were several of us going round the neighbourhood. We worked alongside PCSO’s handing out the leaflets and...
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...showing the relationship between those who volunteered and those who didn’t. Those who volunteered were much more likely to engage with the community and continue to help. Therefore, community service is good for students because it helps with finding a place of work and feeling good about it. Secondly, community service allows students to use skills they learn in the classroom beyond the classroom, such as responsibility, organization, or problem-solving. Kelly Vaughn writer of the article “Should It Be Mandatory For Students To Perform Community Service To Graduate?” state's, community service is good and honors both ends of the service. When a students volunteers they are not only improving their own lives but they are improving others as well. This shows the amount of importance volunteering has on both the lives of the volunteer and the person...
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...Brandy Jones September 16, 2014 Assignment 3 Tech Has Talent Volunteers Volunteers are critical to any event being planned. If you do not have volunteers, you do not have an event, unless you have the money to pay for every service you are offering. For the Tech Has Talent event, we expect to have over 500 attendees and we have 6 weeks to plan, recruit, train, execute, and appreciate our volunteers. At 6 weeks from the event, I have a Volunteer Coordinator/Supervisor on my committee, which is comprised of Greenville Tech students and staff. I expect my volunteer coordinator to be organized, have this event executed efficiently, make sure volunteers are recognized, and have problems dealt with swiftly, but delicately. The following is our volunteer plan closer to the event. Since we are 6 weeks out, we have the GTC Computer Science department volunteering to take care of signs, graphics and logos. GTC’s Culinary Institute of the Carolinas is handling food and beverages the day of the event. The Automotive Technology department is supplying golf cart drivers to transport guests with disabilities to and from the parking area. Each department participating will have an event T-shirt with their respective departments acknowledged and students showcasing their talents have been reviewed and approved for their station. We have established a sign-up area for students to volunteer in the library, student center, McAlister Square, computer labs across campus, department...
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...The Benefits of Volunteer Maxwell Nguyen WRIT130-F1FF Kate Schultz March 24, 14 Abstract In this research paper, my topic question is “what is the benefits of volunteer for college students?” By pointing out the questions, I had come up with three main points for the paper. The first benefit of volunteer is helping people to have healthier lives. For example, doing volunteer work outside in fresh environment could help people to be more positive and more physically active. Not only that, volunteer helps people to reduce stress and enhance their happiness. The second benefit of volunteer is helping college students to get involved with the community, thus, helping them to get a successful job. Volunteer in a specific field helps a student to get used to what he/she is studying. Also, while volunteering, a student can meet many others people, which helps him/her to improve his/her communication skill, his/her confidence, and his/her networking with others. Last but not least, volunteer helps the world a better place. There are many non-profit organization opening, which bring many students together to help those less fortunate people. The Benefits of Volunteer There exists one question that has been discussed among high school and college students:...
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...Pamela McCoy July 24, 2015 Volunteerism Concrete Experience The nature of my learning experience encompasses volunteering from two different perspectives. When I first started volunteering it was because I was directed to by someone in my chain of command. And today I volunteer because I enjoy the positive feeling of giving back to the community. Over the years I feel I have grown personally by helping others. One of my first volunteer experiences was while I was stationed on Whidbey Island, Washington in October of 2009. During March 2009 I was afforded the opportunity to help clean up the Child Development Center on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. My initial reason for going was to get out of the office for a day, however renovating the outdoor play areas turned out to be hard work. After spending hours getting everything cleaned up and in order, it was emotional seeing the happiness it brought to the children to be able to play outside again. It was at that point in time that I realized giving up some of my free time to the community leaves me with a great feeling of accomplishment. My second volunteer experience in Oak Harbor, Washington a group from my command set up a volunteer day with Habitat for Humanity H4H. At first I did not want to go because I did not think I would be able to provide any valuable help as I do not have any experience in construction. The H4H site coordinator was ready for all of us and had jobs planned for those of us with no experience...
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...How can we inspire others to volunteer? Before we can ask ourselves this we must first think about where we get our own inspiration from. I am inspired when I see ordinary people going out of their way to make a difference in someone else’s life. To me, it is inspiring to know that we all can make a difference in the lives of so many. You could help out at a hospital, a soup kitchen, a shelter, etc. Even if you think you aren’t doing much, a little goes a long way. For me, I love knowing I can do something, and that we as a generation have control over something. Volunteering does so much for the community, but it does so much for you as an individual as well. It has gotten me jobs, it helps with my college applications, and it helped me pick a career. In the past, I have volunteered in numerous ways such as donating blood, cleaning up beaches on the Kona Coast, and helping to organize a canned food drive. I feel that to inspire others by sharing past experiences, one must not describe how daunting the task was, but how the experience improved their character and what it taught them about his or herself as a person....
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...Assignment: 70 HRPYC81 Research report for project: PYC4809 Title: What motivates people to do volunteer work? Examination period: October/November 2013 Contents What motivates people to do volunteer work? Abstract Introduction The motivation of people to volunteer has long fascinated those researching and working alongside volunteers. Understanding the motivational drives of those who volunteer has long been a recurring theme preoccupying much of literature on volunteering. According to research by Esmond and Dunlop (2004), what actually motivates a person to volunteer is a complex and vexing question, yet understanding these motivations can be of great assistance to organisation. Every year millions of people around the world give of their time and energy to make a difference through volunteering (Esmond, 2004). The types of volunteer activities engaged in by people are as varied as the volunteers themselves and their value to their communities and society as a whole remains immeasurable. Understanding the underlying motivational drives of those who volunteer has been a recurring theme preoccupying much of literature on volunteering. So what is it that motivates and moves people into action, to get up, to go and to volunteer? An examination of previous research investigating this complex issue follows. Literature review According to tutorial letter 103 for HRPYC81 (2013, p.5), “Volunteerism may be defined as contributing one’s time or...
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...Working and volunteer work are two similar things but different as well. Working is where a person is employed by a person within a company where you are paid based on the position you were hired for. Volunteer work is where the individual does work that is very much needed as well but does not receive a pay for that work. I will be writing about how work and volunteer work can have an impact on people and communities throughout the world. Work is needed to provide a person with basic needs to provide for themselves and even for their family. In order for this to happen the person must meet the requirements the company is looking for in a future employee. Without work a person or family cannot pay the bills needed to keep their home, vehicle, electricity, gas, and even food for their family. Many people have a job to meet these needs by staying focused on what they need to achieve to stay with that employer. However, there are people who just have a job that do not have prerequisites because the company provides training for those future employees. A person may have a job just to meet those needs but are not happy with that job. This is because the company and that employee both benefit from work arrangement. The company hires the individual to work in their company and the individual gets paid, therefore he/she is able to provide for themselves and/or their family. When I worked in a photo lab I developed pictures for customers and also helped in retouching pictures...
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...still in high school, I had many opportunities to participate in charitable activities, especially volunteer work. I, along with my friends, established an association which was called “The Lucky Grass Flower”. This was the place that we used to shelter the disadvantaged children and orphan in our city. We received so much support and help from the school and other media communications. This helped us a lot in completing our care for the children. In addition, the most important thing was that all the things we did came from our hearts, and this was our motivation for this activity. That was the first volunteer work that I participated in, and it was also the most significant voluntary work that I have ever taken part in. Also in my country, Vietnam, the Communist Youth League is running a very large and meaningful volunteer program for undergraduate students every summer, and it is named "The Green Summer Volunteer Campaign". This volunteer program is very useful for all young people. In participating in this program, the volunteers will be involved with the diversity and richness of activities. However, to be involved in this program, students must undergo a very serious selection contest, based on some certain criteria. Most of the volunteers who are selected are usually those who have good academic achievement. Although I am not lucky enough to join “The Green Summer Volunteer Campaign” because I am not going to college in Vietnam, I still feel very proud when...
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