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A volunteer is someone who works for a community
Community service

Community service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. People become involved in community service for a range of reasons ? for some, serving community is an altruistic act, for others it is a punishment....
 or for the benefit of environment
Environment (biophysical)

The biophysical environment is the symbiosis between the physics environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and include all variables that comprise the Earth's biosphere....
 primarily because they choose to do so. The word comes from France, it can also be translated as "will" (as in doing something out of ones own free will). Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group. A volunteer work is not and should never be a required work.

A volunteer may or may not get paid or receive compensation for services rendered.






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A volunteer is someone who works for a community
Community service

Community service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. People become involved in community service for a range of reasons ? for some, serving community is an altruistic act, for others it is a punishment....
 or for the benefit of environment
Environment (biophysical)

The biophysical environment is the symbiosis between the physics environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and include all variables that comprise the Earth's biosphere....
 primarily because they choose to do so. The word comes from France, it can also be translated as "will" (as in doing something out of ones own free will). Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group. A volunteer work is not and should never be a required work.

A volunteer may or may not get paid or receive compensation for services rendered. General Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Volunteers were paid by the General personally, although he did seek reimbursement at Washington for his expenditures.

Volunteering comes in many forms: serving food at the local homeless shelter, providing computer technical support to a non-profit organization, acting in a leadership capacity on a charitable organization's board of directors
Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed persons who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. The body sometimes has a different name, such as board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or executive board....
 or coordinating the emergency response in the case of a disaster. Around the world volunteer centers exist to support the voluntary sector and make a difference in the communities that they serve.

Some volunteer organizations allow room and board
Room and board

Room and board describes a situation where, in exchange for money, Manual labour or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis....
 agreements, especially for those in leadership positions, or who do full-time rather than part-time volunteering.

List of Volunteer Organizations

  • PeaceCorps
  • AmeriCorps
  • Global Volunteer Network
  • Volunteer Aid Nepal
  • VolunteerMatch
    VolunteerMatch

    VolunteerMatch is a nonprofit online service that seeks to promote volunteering by using the web to make it easier for good people and good causes to connect....


Volunteering in Nepal