Concept of

Community, and
It’s Process
 Volunteerism
Volunteering is not just an
altruistic act. It’s an
opportunity to advance in
all areas of your life.
 Volunteerism
• An act of carrying out tasks or providing
services for individuals or community
organizations without financial
recompense is generally considered an
altruistic activity, intended to promote
good or improve human quality of life.
 Volunteerism
• It is considered to be serving the
society through one’s own interests,
personal skills or learning, which in
return produces a feeling of self –
worth and respect, instead of
money.
 Volunteerism
• Volunteering is also famous for skill
development, socialization and fun.
It is also intended to make contacts
for possible employment or for a
variety of other reasons.
 Types of
Volunteerism
 Skills – based Volunteerism
• Providing specialized skills and
talents of individuals to strengthen
the infrastructure of nonprofits,
helping them build and sustain
their capacity to successfully
achieve their missions.
 Environmental Volunteerism
• It refers to volunteers who contribute towards
environmental management or conservation.
Volunteers conduct a range of activities
including environmental monitoring, ecological
restoration such as re – vegetation and weed
removal, protecting endangered animals, and
educating others about natural environment.
 Emergency Volunteerism
• Providing any means of support
whether it is by mean of
monetary support or manpower
support to all natural disasters
like tsunami, earthquake, flood
and typhoon.
 Community Volunteerism
• Refers to volunteers who work to improve
community enhancement efforts in the area in
which they live. Neighborhood, church, and
community groups play a key role in building
strong cities from the neighborhoods up.
Supporting these understaffed groups can
enable them to succeed in variety of areas,
which connect social, environmental, and
economic boundaries.
The Value of
Volunteering
Top Reasons to Volunteer
 Connect with your community
• By connecting with other people especially
those “in need” we receive not only the
praises and compliments but also the
feeling of self worth and respect. Helping
others makes us realize that even a simple
individual like us are capable off changing
the society.
 Conserve funds for cities, nonprofits and faith based and
other community organizations by contributing your time.

• Helping others brings good feelings to the

giver and the receiver of the good deeds.
Using our special gifts to help others can
be gift to us we enjoy a self esteem boost
for making others lives better, and make
the world a better place.
 Share your skills and gain new ones
• By utilizing our skills for the benefit
of the others we can enhance it for
the better, and while doing these
sort of stuffs we will gain new skills
and talents that beneficial to
others and to ourselves as well.
 Develop self – esteem and self - confidence
• Volunteerism is a charitable act that
required confidence and self – esteem
on the part of the doers. By
participating regularly it boost our
confidence through constant
interaction and socialization with the
other volunteers and clienteles.
Meet new people from all walks of life
• Helping others means
meeting others.
 Activity:
• What’s on your list of top
reasons to volunteer?