Volunteering

An advantage of community service is that it can enhance your resume.

A disadvantage of community service is that it can be a form of punishment.

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In Indiana, if you are a paid employee of Volunteers of America or any nonprofit organization and you are laid off, you may qualify for unemployment benefits. Eligibility typically depends on your work history, the reason for your layoff, and meeting the state's requirements for unemployment insurance. It's essential to file a claim with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to determine your specific eligibility and benefit amount.

Yes, a volunteer can be "fired" or dismissed from their position by the organization they are volunteering for. While volunteers are not paid employees, organizations have the right to set standards and expectations for volunteer behavior, performance, and conduct. If a volunteer fails to meet these expectations or engages in inappropriate behavior, the organization can choose to terminate their volunteer status.

You can volunteer at your local elementary school (Halloween Carnival, Winter Festival etc.) Breast Cancer Walk, Christmas in the Park, Science Camp. Just a few...

Sitting through one phone interview, 6 training sessions, one general orientation, and one group interview. Paying a 35-40 dollar materials fee, showing up to get a photo ID, Parking pass, and a PPD test, only to be told by the head of the program after all this that "You are being 86'ed out of the system because you are not a good fit" without even being given a chance to prove yourself. This was one of the most negative experiences of my life, it involved a State University. I have never again volunteered for anything since.

Thousands if even 1/2 of us donate. Don't forget bone marrow donations (it doesn't hurt) and can save a life. Just recently a woman from the U.S. saved the life of a women in Canada by being a match for bone marrow.

we need it because anything you buy from the red cross, it will be donated to homeless people that need homes, food etc.

Volunteering is an activity that is simply done for others, and without receiving payment for your time. Volunteering events can be carried out to advance society, to improve the environment, and for many other causes.

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Yes, animal shelters will take senior animals. But they shouldn't have to. If you get a pet and are its parent for 11 years, you shouldn't dump your pet off at a shelter. You keep it through its old age, and its old age issues. Don't give up a pet because you are all its ever known and loved for that length of time... It would die of heartbreak.

I live in Pennsylvania where laws are a bit different than in NY, however I worked in an SPCA shelter for a long time and recently left in May of 2009.

Because of insurance regulations and child labor laws, you would unfortunately not be able to volunteer in animal care or animal shelters because there is too much risk involved in volunteering. Most places take volunteers age 16 and up.

However, you can organize drives and community events to collect useful items like mild household cleaners, used or new leashes and collars, carriers and blankets, treats, dry and canned dog foods, used pet items, newspapers and gallons of purified spring water. Don't forget rabbits, birds, ferrets, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, reptiles, arachnids and amphibians!!

You can then donate all these items to your local shelter, which will greatly help the animals. You can also request to meet with the shelter staff or manager to talk to him about all the donations and all the people that helped to make it possible. You might even get your name on a gold wall plate or in the shelter newsletter!

Another great way to help the animals is to visit the shelter every weekend and give love to the animals or talk to them, and spend some time with the ones that look lonely. This will be the most beneficial thing of all, because the animals that end up at shelters are usually very scared and unloved.

Good luck to you and I hope you make a difference for the animals that need you!!

Volunteering and work experience are not the same, though they can overlap. Volunteering typically involves providing services without monetary compensation, often for a nonprofit organization or community cause, and focuses on helping others. Work experience, on the other hand, usually refers to paid or unpaid positions that provide practical skills and knowledge related to a specific career field. Both can enhance a resume, but they serve different purposes and contexts.

Good trivia questions about volunteering would ask not only about volunteering in general but will include specific questions about the volunteer work being done. If you are working in a soup kitchen, it would ask about the soup kitchen, etc.

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Each clinic will vary depending upon maturing of the individual and the type of work the person will be doing. 14 is an absolute minimum and 16 is preferred for safety reasons. Vet clinics have potentially aggressive animals that may bite, scratch, kick or otherwise attack, radiation on site (X-ray machine), controlled medications (barbituates, opioids, etc.) and numerous potential biological hazards (feces, urine, infectious waste, etc.).