Why volunteering is Why volunteering is importantimportant

• Volunteering is important to me Volunteering is important to me because it is always nice to give because it is always nice to give back to the community and help back to the community and help those who are less fortunate.those who are less fortunate.

My Community Service at My Community Service at VSUVSU

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www.goodwill.com

I did half of my community service at the Goodwill store in Valdosta. Goodwill is one of the world’s

largest nonprofit providers of education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages,

such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities.

When something is donated to Goodwill, the goods are sold in over 2,000 Goodwill stores and on their

internet auction site, shopgoodwill.com. The revenues fund job training and other services to prepare

people for job success. More than 84% of Goodwill’s total revenues are used to fund education and career

services, and other critical community programs.

While volunteering at Goodwill, I helped in getting the clothes compacted so they could be shipped away. First, I had to move boxes full of donated clothes to the

compacting machine.

After the clothes had been compacted, the finished product was about three full boxes of clothes compacted into the size of one!

I did the other half of my community I did the other half of my community service at Habitat for Humanity. It is a service at Habitat for Humanity. It is a

a nonprofit, nondenominational a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. Since Christian housing organization. Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 175, 1976, Habitat has built more than 175,

000 houses, providing shelter 000 houses, providing shelter for nearly 900,000 people worldwide. for nearly 900,000 people worldwide. Now at work in 100 countries, we are Now at work in 100 countries, we are

building a house every 26 minutes.building a house every 26 minutes.

What I did at Habitat for What I did at Habitat for HumanityHumanity

• I helped in building a house for I helped in building a house for Habitat for Humanity for the Blazer Habitat for Humanity for the Blazer Build.Build.

• One of the days that I volunteered I One of the days that I volunteered I helped nail roofing on one of the helped nail roofing on one of the houses.houses.

• The other day that I volunteered, I The other day that I volunteered, I shoveled dirt to level out the ground shoveled dirt to level out the ground in front of both of the houses.in front of both of the houses.

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