Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Benefits for you as a volunteer!

http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/resources/how-to-guides/volunteer/doc/benefits-of-volunteering.html

My masterpiece field: Helping others

Benefits of Volunteering for the Individual

-Learn or develop a completely new and useful skill that can be passed on to others
-Become a real part of your community and leave your mark to be commemorated 
-Sense of actually achieving something worthwhile in your lifetime 
-Making changes whether they are physical, mental or emotional
-Improve chances of finding a simple job that you may otherwise not have found as easily
-Perhaps locate a career in your specialized volunteering area 
-Expand your horizons to mental places many have not yet been able to experience
-Experience new things that you may not have if it was not for this activity
-Establish connections and develop new acquaintances that could potentially be beneficial to you in the future

5 Vocab Words

1) Commercialism (n) -the principles, practices and spirit of commerce; inappropriate or excessive emphasis on profit
2) Dawn (n) -the beginning or rise of anything
3) Discos (n) -a style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded with complex electronic instrumentation in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat
4) Panache (n) -a grand or flamboyant manner
5) Piety (n) -reverence of God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations 

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