Volunteering can help you:

• Learn or develop skills

• Teach your skills to others

• Build self-esteem and self-confidence

• Improve your health

• Meet new people

• Feel needed and valued

• Express gratitude for help you may have received in the past from an organization

• Communicate to others that you are ambitious, enthusiastic and care about the community

• Make a difference in someone’s life

• Increase your social awareness

• Reveal hidden strengths and talents

• Build your independence and self initiative

• Expand your social interactions

• Create more fun in your life

• Make important networking contacts

• Enhance your résumé

• Gain work experience