Reflection Paper On How To Become A Volunteer

Volunteering is an activity where a person or group of persons positively impact a community without expecting anything in return. The person/s involved in a volunteer project do a wide range of volunteer work to benefit the community they are helping. Environmental, skills-based and emergency volunteering are some of the kinds of volunteering that volunteers can do. Under environmental volunteering, volunteers are tasked in preserving or managing the environment or ecosystem of a target community. Examples of this is planting trees or sweeping the trash. The second kind of volunteering, skills-based, focuses on teaching the citizens of a community certain skills which can help them in their daily lives or to address a significant issue. The

Thanks to Wikihow’s “How to volunteer”, and the article: “10 Tips on how to become a volunteer” I learned how to become a volunteer by showing me a step-by-step guideline on how to become one. The resources helped me choose a meaningful organization that suits my skills and interests and . This is because that someone is more motivated to do his/her job when s/he likes what s/he does. It also suggested that I should pick an organization that is close to where I live so I can access it easily. After choosing an organization, it is advised that I contact the people in charge so I can apply. After applying, I should also share and disclose my interests to them so they would assign me to something that is favourable to me. It is also advised that I start small in my volunteering so that I don’t get stacked with volunteer work that can ultimately deprive me from enjoying volunteering . Aside from these, I should also seek guidance from other volunteers on what to expect from the volunteering . But above all, no matter how hard my volunteer project is going to be, I should persevere to do my best and not to give up by motivating myself with the rewards that I can achieve through