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Benefits of Volunteering: Does Research Miss the Mark?

July 8, 2020

…volunteering is the freedom to be human. It’s complicated, but so basic. Volunteering can peel away the everyday pressures we feel and free us to be our most genuine human selves, the selves we yearn to be.

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When a Volunteer is “Ok,” But Not Ok

March 13, 2019

I have this friend who prides herself on “being ok” with adjusting to whatever the situation presents. However, at the …

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Is it Time to Start Selling Volunteer Perfume?

October 26, 2016

In 1886 America, a struggling door to door book salesman, David H. McConnell discovered that the small vials of perfume …

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Volunteering Ointment While the Wound Heals

July 13, 2016

  I was reading this article on how volunteering helped a volunteer through her grief and it gave me this warm, familiar feeling, …

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“It’s Good to Remember, Remember With You”

January 27, 2016

With his permission granted, I want to share a song written several years ago by Michael Becker, a talented singer and …

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Are We Forgetting Someone in This Conversation?

February 25, 2015

Lately I’ve been reading about the UK’s debate on whether out of work young people should do some volunteering in …

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What’s Over Our Volunteers’ Shoulders?

February 4, 2015

We can’t follow our volunteers around every minute of every assignment. I know for you closet control types, this evokes …

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Soulplasty

November 12, 2014

I didn’t make an appointment to repair my soul, because I really never stop to think that I need it. …

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The Shaping of Volunteers

May 14, 2014

With Mothers Day still fragrant from all the vases of flowers and all the leftovers from dinners out, I started …

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The Song of the Weathered Explorer

April 30, 2014

Volunteer Appreciation week has always been a chance to reconnect with volunteers. There are those you see every day, those …

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