Benefits of Volunteering
Volunteerism greatly benefits our community, but it also benefits the person volunteering! You’d be surprised at all the benefits – just check out this list below:
Benefits to the Community
- improved quality of life measures
- support for our local nonprofits, including 25% of which have absolutely no paid staff
- increased service capacity (i.e. more meals served, more litter picked up, more books read to youth, etc.)
- the average value of one hour of volunteer time in Oregon is $17.33
Benefits to the Volunteer
- Learn or develop new skills
- Develop and interact with a new social network - both personal and professional
- Improve your health – people who volunteer on a regular basis are proven to less likely suffer from heart disease, less likely suffer from depression, visit the doctor/hospital less often, and live over a year longer than non-volunteers
- Be a part of your community and making it a better place
- Students who volunteer receive higher grades and are less likely to drop out or get in trouble than students who don’t volunteer
- Explore new interests and hobbies
- Generate a sense of achievement
- Build your resume and boost career options
- 73% of employers would recruit a candidate with volunteering experience over one without
- 94% of employees who volunteered to learn new skills had benefited by getting their first job, improving their salary, or being promoted
- Setting a good example for your children – kids with parents that volunteer are 80-90% more likely to volunteer as adults than children without volunteering parents.
- But mostly…..IT FEELS GOOD!
Volunteers
Calendar of Events
July 2010
July 30-August 1
Greeter at the Bite and Brew of Salem ACT NOW!
Ongoing
Help the Keizer Boys and Girls Club plan their family events! ACT NOW!
Ongoing
Garden and teach gardening at local prisons with Lettuce Grow ACT NOW!
Ongoing
Raise puppies for the Joys of Living Assistance Dogs ACT NOW!
Project Calendar
Tons of 2 to 4 hour family friendly projects all across the land! ACT NOW!
Service To Go!
Bring the service with you, be the difference everywhere. ACT NOW!
