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Volunteerism
Topic for the 2012 School Speech Contest:
"A time when volunteers made a difference"
In organizing your speech, you can consider these questions:
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What is a volunteer project or movement that has made a tremendous impact? (Consider both small-scale, community-driven efforts and large national efforts.)
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Who was responsible for leading and/or carrying out the volunteer effort? (Consider projects led by one or many people.)
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How has this volunteer effort positively impacted one or more people? And how does it continue to improve quality of life for people? (Consider the lasting impact).
Definition:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/volunteer
Who Volunteers/Benefits of Volunteering:
Volunteerism
http://cas.umkc.edu/casww/sa/Volunteerism.htm#Benefitsof
Quotes on Volunteering
http://www.energizeinc.com/reflect/quote1.html
United Way: Benefits of Volunteering
http://liveunited.org/take-action/benefits-of-volunteering
Newsweek: Benefits of Volunteerism
http://www.newsweekshowcase.com/health/articles/Benefits-of-volunteerism
Environmental Volunteerism
http://www.citra.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/graygreenandactive.pdf
How volunteers benefit organizations
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/resources/how-to-guides/manage-volunteers/doc/how-volunteers-benefit-organizations.html
Kids.gov on Volunteerism
http://www.kids.gov/search.shtml?cx=012822125045164881694%3Acrbtne71zcg&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=volunteerism&sa=Search&siteurl=www.kids.gov%2Fk_5%2Fk_5_social.shtml
Kids Volunteer
http://www.hud.gov/kids/kidsvlta.html
Volunteers of the year 2010
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/american-statesman-volunteers-of-the-year-six-who-1146226.html?printArticle=y
Making a Difference
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001515/action/mad.shtml
Famous Volunteers:
Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/museum/history/faqs.asp
Booth, Maud Ballington
http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper213.html
Volunteer Firefighting
http://www.kbfd1.com/famous-volunteers.html
Famous Volunteer Organizations
http://www.ehow.com/info_8071395_famous-volunteer-organizations.html
Volunteer Movements that had an Impact:
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