It’s tragic really just how much volunteers are taken for granted. Whenever there’s a catastrophe, they’re there to help out as much as they can. When nonprofits need manpower to spearhead their causes, volunteers are there. They give their time and effort, taking minimal pay (if at all any), and receiving even less recognition to help fill in the gaps in communities all over the world.
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While their part in disaster relief is well-documented (yet still widely ignored), volunteerism is alive and well in nonprofits, as mentioned earlier. One of the major misconceptions surrounding volunteers is that they’re only around to do either clerical or manual work with relief goods. But that isn’t the case. Volunteers can be seen everywhere. They assist in various tasks for nonprofits – from tech support to accounting to leadership. They help in planning and in some occasions, even come up with plans themselves. However, one of the main goals of volunteers is to keep things as organized as possible.
Although it hasn’t been mentioned a lot, volunteers save nonprofits loads of cash simply by offering and providing their services for free. Because of this, those loads of cash go to people who and causes that need them more.
The bottom line is a lot of organizations won’t achieve even the slightest degree of success without volunteers, and worthy causes would go on much more slowly. Such is the significance of volunteers.
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Hello, I’m Larry Polhill, a recent graduate of the University of Florida. I love to volunteer for worthy causes. For more on my interests and advocacies, follow this Facebook page.
