Volunteering for the Health of It
The right kind of volunteering – at the right dose – can not only make you feel good; it also can make you healthier. Volunteering could be your ticket to…
The right kind of volunteering – at the right dose – can not only make you feel good; it also can make you healthier. Volunteering could be your ticket to…
…time, she also volunteers during holidays at a friend’s bakery and babysits. We caught up with D’Alessio before and during a Striders walk to learn about what volunteering, the marathon…
From news you can use to finds you light like, take a look at our picks from the week online. Person of the Week: Volunteering at 103 Mary Cotter didn’t…
From news you can use to finds you might love, click through our picks from the week online. Meet John Casey, longtime purveyor of rubber stamps Manhattan’s East Village is…
… Micro Volunteering Micro volunteering activities usually involve short projects or tasks that require from a couple of minutes up to a couple of hours of your time. Most do…
…symptoms of depression at the start, 78 percent said they felt less depressed. In a comprehensive review of 74 studies of the health impact of volunteering, Nicole Anderson, PhD, Director…
…here to read more about the tablet trend. Volunteering can lower your blood pressure. Researchers aren’t sure there’s a causal relationship – did volunteer activity lead to reduced blood…
…adults developing professional and social skills through community inclusion and volunteering at other non-profits. He even brought a group of four from YAI to volunteer at Senior Planet! Aaron has…
…of 2016. Read it at the New York Times Volunteering They say it does you good… Mary Margaret Sims has been volunteering for 31 years, driving door to door delivering…
…volunteering abroad before they retired. He thought of it as a late-life gap year. Instead of taking a break between high school and college to experience the world, as increasing…
…when he started volunteering as a tech teacher at the Central Kentucky Computer Society, a nonprofit in his hometown of Lexington. Twenty years later he’s a mainstay. Lexington’s senior tech…
Volunteering to get out the vote is one of the more rewarding things you can do in an election that you feel strongly about. If you’ve spent any time calling…
Want to make a difference in someone’s life while meeting new people and having fun? Try volunteering to teach English to non-English-speaking adults. Volunteers stay connected with changing communities –…
…pick the right meditation practice, and how to use the internet to learn more. Volunteer – it’s good for you, too If ‘volunteering” has been on your New Years’ resolution…
…something that gives you meaning, and do it regularly. “This could be volunteering, a church-related activity, mentoring students, creative writing, art,” Reuben says. Think about what would be interesting and…