A great learning experience...

Do you want to enrich your life and the lives of those in your community? Volunteer! At Goodwill we offer volunteer and intern opportunities as well as community service to fulfill school or other program obligations.

Complete and print the application and return it to the location where you would like to participate.

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION / COMMUNITY SERVICE APPLICATION

Benefits of Volunteering

Volunteerism greatly benefits our communities, but it also benefits the person volunteering! You’d be surprised at all the benefits – just check out this list below:

Benefits to the Community

improved quality of life measures.
support for our local nonprofits, including 25% of which have absolutely no paid staff.
increased service capacity (e.g. more disabled people find employment, etc.).

Benefits to the Volunteer

Learn or develop new skills.
Develop and interact with a new social network both personal and professional
Improve your health – people who volunteer regularly are proven less likely to suffer from heart disease, less likely suffer from depression, visit the doctor/hospital less often, and live over a year longer than non-volunteers.
Being a part of your community and making it a better place.
Students who volunteer receive higher grades and are less likely to drop out or get in trouble than students who do not volunteer.
Explore new interests and hobbies.
Generate a sense of achievement.
Build your resume and boost career options:
- 73% of employers would recruit a candidate with volunteer experience over one without such experience.
- 94% of employees who volunteered to learn new skills had benefited by getting their first job, improving their salary, or being promoted.
Setting a good example for your children – kids with parents that volunteer are 80-90% more likely to volunteer as adults than children without volunteering parents.

References

Ten Professional Development Benefits of Volunteering (Everything I Learned in Life I Learned through Volunteering). Mary V. Merrill, LSW, Merrill Associates. www.worldvolunteerweb.org

VOLUNTEERING...IT JUST FEELS GOOD!