For Individual Volunteers

Books on this topic

See also, Volunteer Vacations, Voluntourism

Articles and book excerpts on this topic

• From Tragedy to Triumph: How can philanthropy and volunteering help my child cope with tragic world events? from Raising Charitable Children
• Helping Volunteers to Market Their Experience on Their Resumes
• How to Know When Not to Volunteer- solid advice from WikiHow
• Prayers for Every Volunteer from A Moment With God for Volunteers
• Recommended Readings: A Novel Approach from Make a Difference: Your Guide to Volunteering and Community Service
• Ten Tips for Volunteering Wisely, from the Independent Sector's "Give Five" campaign
• Top Ten Reasons to Volunteer by DoSomething.org.
• Volunteer Vacations from Volunteer Vacations
• Voices From the Heart In Celebration of America's Volunteers from Voices from the Heart
• Volunteering 101, by Sarah Erdreich on the Motley Fool site (2006)
• A Volunteer's Bill of Rights, samples compiled by John Lipp
• What Do You Want to Do? from Volunteer Survival Manual

Free electronic books on this topic:

A Toolkit to Meaningful Volunteering for Boomers
Tips and tools to help Boomers find rewarding volunteer work, developed by the Renaissance 50+ project in Ottawa, CA (French language version available on their website).

Bridging the Digital Divide - Connecting Volunteers

Short handbook developed for volunteers in Brazilian charities in Sao Paulo providing basic, practical information for making the most of e-mail and the Internet in their service.  Available in English and Portugese versions.

Power Skills – How Volunteerism Shapes Professional Success

2006 study by Womens Way in Philadelphia shows how critical business skills, like problem solving, coaching/mentoring, and public speaking are developed and improved through volunteerism. 

Web sites on this topic:

Alternative Spring Break

http://national.unitedway.org/asb/

United Way of America site about ways college students can help others during their school breaks, such as rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.

do-it.org
http://www.do-it.org.uk/magazine/features
Articles and personal stories from volunteers in the UK about their volunteering experiences, with emphasis on young people.

International Volunteer Program Association

http://www.volunteerinternational.org

Portal and search site providing information for volunteering overseas through a variety of organizations.  See http://www.volunteerinternational.org/memberlist.html for an excellent list of other Web sites dealing with volunteering abroad.

Meetup

http://www.meetup.com/

Innovative site that assists in "organizing local gatherings about anything, anywhere." This free service also enable "volunteerists" to get together to plan community service projects ( http://volunteerism.meetup.com ).

Monster.com Volunteering
http://volunteer.monster.com/
New (2005) "online volunteer center" developed by this major job-seeking site in collaboration with Idealist.org and boardnetUSA.org.  Focused on showing how volunteering can be a boost to those looking for paying work.  Includes articles by Monster.com staff.

Volunteering in Europe:  A Guide to Volunteer Success

http://goeurope.about.com/cs/volunteering/l/aa030203a.htm

Various articles with tips for anyone considering volunteering abroad.

Volunteers' Perspectives
http://www.unv.org/en/perspectives.html
First-person essays on the experiences of UN Volunteers promoting peace and development all over the world.

Relevant Hot Topic essays :

• Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers - Jul '08
• Is the Rising Cost of Gas a Crisis or an Opportunity for Volunteering? - Jun '08
• Voluntourism - Pros, Cons, and Possibilities - Feb. '07

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