Volunteer (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Volunteerism
- VolunteeringVolunteeringVolunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill development, to meet others, to make contacts for possible employment, to have fun, and a variety of other reasons that could be...
, the practice of people working on behalf of others without being motivated by financial or material gain - Volunteers of AmericaVolunteers of AmericaVolunteers of America, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a national, nonprofit, faith-based human services organization providing support programs to more than two million people throughout the United States each year...
, U.S. religious group working in social welfare - Military volunteerMilitary volunteerA military volunteer is a person who enlists in military service by free will, and is not a mercenary or a foreign legionaire. Volunteers often enlist to fight in the armed forces of a foreign country. Military volunteers are essential for the operation of volunteer militaries.Many armies,...
, in some countries this means a person who freely enlists for military service, as opposed to a conscript; in other countries this means a reservist (originally unpaid, thus "volunteer") - Volunteer (Irish republican)Volunteer (Irish republican)Volunteer, often abbreviated Vol., is a term used by a number of Irish republican paramilitary organisations to describe their members. Among these have been the various forms of the Irish Republican Army and the Irish National Liberation Army...
- Volunteer (Ulster loyalist)Volunteer (Ulster loyalist)Volunteer, abbreviated Vol., is a title used by a number of Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisations to describe their members.-History of the term volunteer in Ireland:...
Ships
- The Volunteer (canal boat)The Volunteer (canal boat)The Volunteer is a 76-foot replica of a 19th Century canal boat which is owned and operated by the Canal Corridor Association. The Volunteer operates on a restored section of the Illinois and Michigan Canal at LaSalle, Illinois.- Construction :...
, a replica of a 19th-century canal boat which operates on the Illinois and Michigan Canal at LaSalle, Illinois, in the United States - USS Volunteer, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
Places
- Volunteer, North CarolinaVolunteer, North CarolinaVolunteer is an unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately three miles east-southeast of the town of Pilot Mountain....
- Volunteer Island, also called Starbuck Island, among the Line Islands of Kiribati
- Volunteer Park (Seattle)Volunteer Park (Seattle)Volunteer Park is a 48.3 acre park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, USA.-History:Volunteer Park was acquired by the city of Seattle for $2,000 in 1876 from J.M. Colman...
- Volunteer Hotel, former pub in Balmain, Sydney, Australia
- Volunteer State Community CollegeVolunteer State Community CollegeVolunteer State Community College is a publicly-supported two-year community college located in Gallatin, Tennessee and operated under the auspices of the Tennessee Board of Regents....
, community college located in Gallatin, Tennessee
Sports
- Volunteer State Athletic ConferenceVolunteer State Athletic ConferenceThe Volunteer State Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference which was predominantly for smaller colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee....
, a defunct Tennessee college conference - Volunteer 500, the original name of the Sharpie 500 NASCAR race
- Volunteer (yacht)Volunteer (yacht)"Volunteer" was the victorious American defender of the seventh America's Cup race in 1887 against Scottish challenger "Thistle".-Design:"Volunteer," a centerboard compromise sloop, was designed by Edward Burgess and built by Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington, Delaware in 1887 for...
, the winner of the 1887 America's Cup - The Volunteers (or Vols), the nickname of the University of Tennessee sports teams
Popular culture
- Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album)Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album)-Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Farm", "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day", and "Volunteers", organ on "Meadowlands", recorder on "Eskimo Blue Day"*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Marty Balin – vocals, percussion...
(1969) - Volunteers (Spear of Destiny album)Volunteers (Spear Of Destiny Album)Voltunteers is the eighth studio album by post-punk band Spear of Destiny. The album features a re-recording of their greatest hit "Never Take Me Alive".- Track listing :#"Some Kind Of Normal" - 4:40#"Nothing Under The Sun" - 4:44...
(2001) - "Volunteers" (song)Volunteers (song)"Volunteers" is a Jefferson Airplane single that was released to promote the album Volunteers two months before its release. It was written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner together. Marty was woken up by a truck one morning, which happened to be a truck with Volunteers of America painted on the...
, the title song of the Airplane's Volunteers album - Volunteers (film)Volunteers (film)Volunteers is a 1985 comedy directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Tom Hanks and John Candy.-Plot:Lawrence Bourne III is a spoiled rich kid with a large gambling debt in the 1960s. After his father, Lawrence Bourne Jr...
a 1985 comedy film starring John Candy and Tom Hanks - Volunteer (band), Ukrainian punk/metal band
Other
- Volunteer (botany)Volunteer (botany)In gardening and botanical terminology, a volunteer is a plant that grows on its own, rather than being deliberately planted by a farmer or gardener...
, a desirable plant that grows on its own, rather than being planted. - Volunteer DecorationVolunteer DecorationThe Volunteer Officers' Decoration was created by Royal Warrant under command of Queen Victoria on 25 July 1892 to reward 'efficient and capable' officers of the Volunteer Force who had served for twenty years...
, awarded to officers of the Volunteer Force in the British Empire - Volunteer Examiner CoordinatorVolunteer Examiner CoordinatorA Volunteer Examiner Coordinator is an organization that has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission for the administration of amateur radio license examinations in the United States...
any organization approved for the administration of U.S. amateur radio license examinations. - VoluntEARSVoluntEARSVoluntEARS is a charitable organization made up of Disney cast members who donate their time to helping charities and service organizations in their communities around the world...
, the term for Disney cast members who volunteer their time for charitable or community causes