My motives
of why its
important to
volunteer at
Booker T.
Washington
LaQuaris Harris
Abstract:
Programs targeting student volunteering and service learning are aimed at encouraging
civic behavior among young people. The data revealed high rates of student volunteering and the
popularity of occasional volunteering. It also revealed that other young people were the main
beneficiaries of students’ voluntary activities. Student volunteers were influenced by a mix of
motivations and benefits, with differences on a continuum of volunteer involvement between
those volunteering regularly, those volunteering occasionally, and those not volunteering.
On average, when people think about community service, they assume that
volunteering is just ‘hours we need to be able to graduate’ and that is it.
Community service is more than just hours; community service is based on the acts
performed by someone with the purpose of helping or bringing benefits to his or
her community. People frequently compare community service as a punishment
since it is often offered to small-time offenders as an alternative to fines or jail
time. However, community service is the vital force to many communities since
they depend on the service made by the volunteers to be able to. Nowadays, the
words “community service” and “volunteering” are being used constantly. People
