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The Impact Of Volunteering

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INTRODUCTION ATTENTION STATEMENT: “Volunteering behaviour has been a powerful driving force in the betterment of humanity, a key contributor to the solving of mankind’s problems (de Abreu, 2015).” as stated in a scholarly article, Managing Volunteerism Behaviour. Volunteering has been proven to be one of the most important things in our lives.
PERSONAL/AUDIENCE LINK: When our eldest deaf child was born 7 years ago, volunteering has been our thing ever since, especially for the Deaf community. What a difference it has made for us and the community. It helps create warmth and excitement to all of us.
THESIS STATEMENT: Don’t you all love the affection in leading the others to feel inspired and help grow their self-esteems from volunteerism? In this speech, I will explain the definition, benefits, and opportunities as volunteers.
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MAIN POINT #1: Definition
“Volunteering is time willingly given for the common good and without financial gain. (www.volunteeringaustralia.org, n.d.)”.
Volunteering should not be used as profit, or be used to replace paid employees.
“Activism can be considered volunteering. This definition is aligned to the current UN position on volunteering… (www.volunteeringaustralia.org, n.d.)” as stated in their website.
MAIN POINT #2: Benefits
We as volunteers will be assisting in finding ways for the organization to fulfill its mission. We all get to learn new things everyday from volunteering.
Here are some examples of volunteering work I have done in the past.
I was a co-chair for Rocky Mountain Deaf School building committee. Couple of volunteers and I participated in a peaceful activism involving a property for the new school building. There was a protest from the neighbors opposing the deaf school on the property. If our activism didn’t happen, we wouldn’t build our school building on our current property

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