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Resolve to Help Yourself
This is the year, 2012. You've felt the desire to help your community for many years, but wondered how you would find the time for serving others while your own life is so in need of help? Let's look at it from a different angle...you're not only helping others, you are helping YOU! There are many tangible personal advantages to giving your time for nonprofit work. Whether you are a student, a working professional or a stay-at-home mom, volunteering is an excellent way to gain work experience and broaden your social network.
Professional Benefits
For one, volunteer work will flesh out your resume and set you apart from the crowd. Past charity work says a lot about your character, giving you a multi-dimensional personality and highlighting your good nature. Even more importantly, volunteer positions show future employers your drive and dedication. Such accomplishments demonstrate initiative, personal will, leadership skills and the ability to work hard.
Another motivation for volunteering is to broaden your horizons and develop new skills that could be beneficial to your career. You may discover interests you were unaware of, learn more about a subject that appeals to you, or even choose a new career path!
Social Networking
A nonprofit job opens the door to meeting many interesting and diverse people that can have an impact on your life, in one way or another.
Surveys show most people feel they have benefited from meeting volunteer contacts and developed better interpersonal and communication skills while participating in charity work. Keep in mind that social contacts are also a potential career investment: an acquaintance could very well be the key to a new career opportunity. Networking is a valuable tool to increasing your business prospects. And don't forget, a philanthropic group activity is the perfect setting in which to impress others and show off your abilities.
If nothing else, volunteer work offers the opportunity to meet people who share your interests. Many adults find it difficult to meet new people outside of the work or home environment. Volunteering can be a good way to make new friends - or even new romantic interests!
Good for the Body and Soul
Feeling under the weather? Try volunteering! Research shows there may be health benefits to volunteering. For example, an improved sense of well-being and higher self-esteem may lower certain health risks associated with anxiety and depression.
Perhaps the most important of all reasons to volunteer is to experience the sense of achievement and personal fulfillment that volunteering can bring.
Finding a Volunteer Organization
To find a volunteer job that is right for you, first consider your interests and determine which causes you are most passionate about. Do you enjoy working directly with people? Is caring for animals or wildlife more your style? Visit our website to find more opportunities.
Now you can set aside the time for volunteering, knowing you will be helping others as well as yourself!
Maureen Nelson
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Top 10 Reasons to Volunteer in 2102
1. Make important networking contacts
2. Learn or develop skills
3. Teach your skills to others
4. Enhance your résumé/ Gain work experience
5. Build self-esteem and self-confidence
6. Improve your health
7. Meet new people
8. Feel needed and valued
9 .Communicate to others that you are ambitious, enthusiastic and care about the community
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Volunteer Camera Person Needed
United Way of goodhue, Wabasha & Pierce Counties is looking for a volunteer willing to video tape members of our partner organizations following their presentations to our Community Investment Panels.
If you are good with a video camera and have some free time in the evenings during February and March
we'd love to work with you.
Contact Tonya or Maureen
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Wish List
Instant Oatmeal
Cereal | |
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Going Green
By moving to more electronic forms of communication, the staff at UWGWP is making an effort to make the most of your contributions, while reducing our carbon footprint. One of our goals for 2012 is to build our friend list on Facebook. It is a great place to receive regular updates on UW GWP events and news. If you have friends that share your interest in community action a support, tell them about our page as well, or forward this email! Thanks | |
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Upcoming Events | |
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Lake City
Officer Shawn Schneider
A funeral is scheduled at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church in Lake City for slain police officer Shawn Schneider.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in the church and one hour before the funeral. Burial will be in Lakewood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be sent to
Shawn Schneider Family Support Fund
c/o: Kathy Moyer
Alliance Bank
105 E Lyon Ave
Lake City, MN 55041
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Cannon Falls
Saturday, January 28
CF Education Foundation
Evening at the Winery
7:00- 10:00 pm
Tickets $12 at the door | |
Sunday, January 29
Motivational Speaker
Pam Stenzel
7:00 pm
Pam Stenzel will present information that will challenge and inspire youth to understand the values of personal responsibility, self discipline and character plus give parents tools to help their children in these areas. Program material suitable for children 7th grade and up
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Red Wing
Friday, January 6
1st Friday
Tropical Celebration
Saturday January 15
Red Wing Entrepreneurial Community Growth Initiative
IDEA SLAM
Minnesota Southeast Technical College - 308 Pioneer Rd
9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM
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United Way National Alternative Spring Break 2012:
March 11 - 17, Biloxi, Mississippi
United Way continues the Alternative Spring Break tradition for the 7th year by providing students with an opportunity to volunteer for a week in Biloxi, Mississippi. Student United Ways and individual students from across the country are invited to spend spring break rebuilding a community, a home or helping low-income families access critical resources. Think you're interested? Apply early to reserve your spot. To apply visit United Way National Alternative Spring Break.
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