The Benefits of Volunteer Work
“With further research, volunteering is an activity that physicians might suggest to their willing and able patients as a way of simultaneously enhancing health and society.”
The positive effects of volunteer work on communities and causes are well known. However what most people aren’t aware of is the beneficial effects of volunteerism on the person doing it. In this blog we will explore some of the ways volunteer work actually helps the volunteer.
1. Improves your mood
Volunteering can reduce stress and increase positive, relaxed feelings. When spending time being in service to others, volunteers also reported that they felt a sense of meaning.
2. Provides a community
Volunteering can help provide a sense of community through connections with the people you help as well as with fellow volunteers.
3. Helps you meet new friends
One of the best way to meet new people is through joining a new activity. (For you, this could be volunteer work.) The activity gives those in it a common interest which can help you build friendships.
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