Volunteering

Volunteering is great for your community and makes the world a better place!

Some of the benefits of volunteering:

• Allows you to be actively involved in your community
• Helps you make new friends and contacts
• Increases your social and relationship skills
• Provides a sense of achievement and can be fun, relaxing, and energizing
• The energy can carry over to a work situation and sometimes helps foster new perspectives
• Can lead you to discover a hobby or interest you were unaware of
• Helps you get ’real-world’ experience through hands-on work
• You can make the corner of the world where you live just a little bit better!

 Portraits of Seniors volunteering (Aging Well Expo Panel)