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Activism & Volunteering
Want to Save the Planet and Strengthen Your Community? Try
Volunteering
If you’ve been thinking about volunteering to support the
environment or to lend a hand on other important issues in your
community, why wait? Besides advancing a cause you believe in and
contributing to the health and vitality of the place where you
live—both the planet and your neighborhood—you may reap a lot of
personal benefits from the time you invest as a volunteer.
By volunteering your time, you can share your skills and gain new
ones, meet new people, enhance your resume and broaden your
professional network, experience something new, and much more. But
how do you begin?
Sharon O’Brien, your Guide to Senior Living, offers a look at
the
Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent
federal agency created to connect Americans of all ages and
backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and
their country. The organization manages many different volunteer
programs that match volunteers to current needs in hundreds of
communities nationwide.
One such program is
Senior Corps, which matches people over 55 with community
projects and organizations that need experienced volunteer help.
Started during the Kennedy administration, Senior Corps provides
training and guidance for more than 500,000 volunteers nationwide,
and gives volunteers the opportunity to choose specific projects
that suit their interests, talents, experience and availability.
“Find a need and fill it,” is a time-tested formula for success in
business. It’s the same in life. So if you’re feeling the urge to
contribute more to your community, make this your year to volunteer.
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