volunteering
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Volunteering is when people donate their time and effort to help others or support causes, often without being paid, as shown by examples ranging from helping at marathons to disaster cleanup to staffed rescue operations. It matters because it enables communities to accomplish important work—from organizing public events to responding to emergencies—by mobilizing people who care about making a difference.
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- Etymology and history
- 19th century
- 20th and 21st centuries
- Types
- Volunteering as utilized by service learning programs
- Skills-based volunteering
- Virtual volunteering
- Micro-volunteering
- Environmental volunteering
- Volunteering in an emergency
- Volunteering in schools
- Corporate volunteering
- Community volunteer work
- Social volunteering or welfare volunteering
- Volunteering at major sporting events
- Medical Volunteering
- Seva
- Volunteer days, weeks and years
- Political view
- Difficulties in cross-national aid
- Moral resources, political capital and civil society
- Potential benefits of volunteering
- Academic
- Longevity
- Mental health
- Statistics
- Barriers to volunteering
- Criticisms
- Volunteering organizations in the United States
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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Volunteering is an optional and freely chosen act of an individual or group giving their time and labor, often for community service. Many volunteers have specialized training in the fields that they work in, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others provide their services as needed, such as in response to a natural disaster.