Essays on Volunteering

For my community engagement project I decided to volunteer at The Samaritan House. I did know much about them or what I did when I first found them and decided to check them out, but just the name Samaritan House made me feel pretty confident…

Volunteering for the Joe Birkett Campaign Our volunteering lead us to the Joe Birkett campaign for Attorney General. Our volunteering all took place on being pollwatchers for the Birkett campaign. This volunteering started the night before when we meet up with the Birkett staff at…

My six mission trips throughout high school allowed me to develop meaningful relationships with many disadvantaged children. The Fort Barthold Indian Reservation is home to many kids who come from abusive environments, most of whom live below the poverty line. Working with them pushed me…

The definition of a volunteer is a person from any age that decides to take time out of their own lives to freely work for an organisation without getting paid. Volunteers can do many things such as setting up or cleaning after parties like for…

Volunteerism Volunteerism has been around for a very long time. It comes from the root word Volunteer, which means someone who willingly works for an organisation or take up a task without being paid. Initially used in the army to represent soldiers who willingly put…