Volunteering is Easy!
Contact Christol Schultz at 612-668-4839 or email cschultz@mpls.k12.mn.us
Why else should you volunteer?
"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve."
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Perhaps the first and biggest benefit people get from volunteering is the satisfaction of incorporating service into their lives and making a difference in their community and country. The intangible benefits alone—such as pride, satisfaction and accomplishment—are worthwhile reasons to serve. In addition, when we share our time and talents, we:
Over the past two decades we have also seen a growing body of research that indicates volunteering provides individual health benefits in addition to social benefits. This research, which is presented by the Corporation in a report titled “The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research,” has established a strong relationship between volunteering and health: those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, and lower rates of depression later in life than those who do not volunteer.