WHY VOLUNTEER?
Volunteers Experience Improvements In:
• Sense of Purpose and Meaning
• Time Management (lower stress)
• Heart Health (they have lower mortality rates)
• Mood and Self-Esteem (lower depression)
Other Benefits:
- Volunteers are 27% more likely to find a job after being out of work than non-volunteers
- Communities with high rates of volunteerism tend to have greater income equality than similar communities that do not
- When young people volunteer, their likelihood of dropping out of school is cut in half