Volunteerism and Human Services

Running head : Volunteerism

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It is taken from the term volunteering . Volunteering comes from the verb , volunteer which means choosing to act in recognition of someone in need without expecting financial or any other monetary gain The motive of volunteering in the perspective of the doer is an act aimed at the betterment of the life of someone else without expecting to be paid

Volunteer can be as defined people who act out of their own free will , irrespective of their

standing in the society , to work without pay . All volunteers have a goal driving their actions . The goals vary from person to person depending on the nature of their actions People may choose to volunteer because of their morality , having some sense of personal achievement , or as a strategic plan for career advancement . So from this , volunteers may be college students , employees in commercial organizations or non profit organization , interns looking for experience in organizations . This means that volunteering may be in a formal or informal venture that is someone may volunteer through activities that are organized by a community , or big organizations dedicated to volunteerism . In the informal part , volunteering may involve individuals helping one another in a community in a wide range of activities such as baby sitting for friends or helping the elderly in the community . Volunteers therefore may work side by side with paid staff of an organization by assisting them or completing what has been started by such organizations...