Helping people (Volunteering)

>>36307624
i've found it really enriching but it takes effort and once you stop volunteering you end up back where you started.

i imagine it could be difficult for somebody who isn't outgoing or empathetic. you have to put your own needs after those of others. in general it is quite thankless. you need to appreciate the positive effect you are having in the lives of others.

>>36307660
What kind of volunteering do you do?

>>36307624
Never did because I just got my green card after finishing my high school.

BUT maybe after I finish my Mathematics/Education degree in 4 years I'll go to the Peace Corps and maybe go somewhere in South America so I can teach math to the kiddos.
Would be funny if I actually came back to my homeland (Mexico) and teached kids math there, lmao.

>>36307692
i have volunteered with kids, the elderly, animals. you name it. old folks are a struggle. most of my experience is with kids ranging from 6-18.

>>36307748
Looks like we volunteer for different reasons. I mostly volunteer for events. That's probably why I feel like most volunteers get treated like shit.

>>36307624
ill never get volunteering. i did it for 2 days, and then quit. literally working for FREE. doing hard work, putting up with peoples bullshit, and not even getting paid for it. no thank you.

>>36307902
What kind of volunteer work did you do?

>>36307804
I've also volunteered for events (well, just one)
The only bad part is that the group I had to welcome/help didn't do the things they had to do and expected me to do it instead, but it wasn't possible for me because I didn't have their information (and they did, they just didn't read it)

Example: they expected me to know what they had to do the next day. They had that information, didn't read it, didn't know they had it and asked me. I had to ask everybody to find out some information they already had and looked as an idiot as they expected me to have it.

>>36307624
I "volunteered" to work the polls. You're considered a volunteer but you get a stipend. I made $160 during each election day. It's also something I put on my resume. It hasn't gotten me anywhere though, and I've been a full blown NEET the last 4 months.

Anyway, I guess the county registrar of voters was desperate enough, because my request to serve as a polling place supervisor was approved. Everything went smoothly. I'm a college graduate, and the polling place was small - everything fit into a garage. Processing voters is easy and gets repetitive fast.

The service pins we received were made in China. LOL.