Volunteering

"Volunteer" redirects here. For other uses, see Volunteer (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with military volunteering, which is usually paid and/or compensated.

Volunteers of Vilnius Marathon
Volunteers sweep the boardwalk in Brooklyn after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy
Semi-professional volunteering: Trained lifeguards of the German DLRG, the largest voluntary water rescue organization in the world, patrolling a public bathing area of a lake in Munich

Volunteering is an elective and free-choice act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor, often for community service.[1][2] Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

  1. ^ Wilson, John (2000). "Volunteering". Annual Review of Sociology. 26 (26): 215. doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.215.
  2. ^ "Benefits of Volunteering". Corporation for National and Community Service. Retrieved 12 April 2017.