{"id":290,"date":"2012-11-13T15:19:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/community\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2022-11-08T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T17:33:39","slug":"why-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/why-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why volunteer in the community?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It gives valuable experience that can be put on a resume<\/li>\n<li>You can network and gain new friendships<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering teaches you how to deal with the public, different races and how to work as part of a team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Before volunteering<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s good to assess yourself to see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>if you\u2019d rather volunteer as part of a team or alone.<\/li>\n<li>if you&#8217;d rather be working with people or not.<\/li>\n<li>how much free time you want to invest.<\/li>\n<li>what your interests may be and what is important to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you know the answers to these questions, it makes choosing where you volunteer your time even easier.<\/p>\n<h3>Volunteering strengthens the community.<\/h3>\n<p>Volunteering builds your self-esteem and gives you a way to pay forward kindnesses that may have been given to you in the past.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great for college students who might be missing home, as it gives them a place to get connected and form new relationships that add to the college experience.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,<strong> 30.3% of Americans volunteered in 2022.<\/strong> This is about <strong>65 million people<\/strong> doing what they can to help others.<\/p>\n<p>All organizations on campus are encouraged to help strengthen the community, the campus and even the volunteer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why volunteer in the community? It gives valuable experience that can be put on a resume You can network and gain new friendships Volunteering teaches you how to deal with the public, different races and how to work as part of a team. Before volunteering It\u2019s good to assess yourself to see: if you\u2019d rather&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/why-get-involved\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1370,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-290","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/volunteer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}