Paul West volunteers to lead church services at Haven Place every Sunday. His inspiration to volunteer came from visiting with his wife, a resident at Haven Place, and noticing a need for help with these services. Paul said he always opens his service on Sundays with celebrating birthdays, and then telling a joke to lighten the mood, hopefully provide some laughter. He and the residents worship in songs, sometimes while he plays the harmonica, and share in a short meditation and spiritual message. “It makes the residents happy to come to church services on Sundays. They love the music and enjoy getting together.” What Paul loves most about volunteering is helping the residents and interacting with them. “When you get to know them individually, you get to know them better, which makes the interaction more enjoyable and fulfilling. I am very thankful for this volunteer opportunity and to be used in this way.” Paul’s message to anyone considering volunteering is, “volunteering is getting to know not only yourself, but others. Volunteering is very rewarding and satisfying.” Learn more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/eAandi23
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How are your New Year’s resolutions going? Well, we thought we’d give you one more option to consider—VOLUNTEERING! Of course, there are LOTS of reasons we’d love to have you join the KARM family. In addition to those reasons, research shows volunteering is good for YOU. Here’s what a recent “Business Wire” article says about the benefits of volunteering: “Picking a cause and getting out to volunteer turns out to be the one single, achievable, sustainable and widely beneficial resolution for the New Year that checks off so many of the top resolutions on everyone’s lists. In addition to helping others, studies show volunteering can benefit the volunteer in many ways, including: • 96% report feeling a greater sense of purpose when they volunteer • 94% of people who volunteer report that it improves their mood • 76% say volunteering makes them feel physically healthier and reduces stress, which in turn may help reduce risk of heart disease, stroke, depression and anxiety” We also LOVE it when groups of employees come to KARM to serve meals or provide snacks in our courtyard concessions area. To learn more about volunteer opportunities at KARM, email [email protected]. We can’t wait to meet you!
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I've been reading Fr. Gregory Boyle's "Barking to the Choir" this week. The following sentence hooked me and wouldn't let go. "We always seem to be faced with this choice: to save the world or savor it. I want to propose that savoring is better, and that when we seek to 'save' and 'contribute' and 'give back' and 'rescue' folks and EVEN 'make a difference', then it is all about you...and the world stays stuck....The good news, of course, is that when we choose to 'savor' the world, it gets saved. Don't set out to change the world. Set out to wonder how people are doing. (p. 174-5)" This certainly hits a nerve with me personally (it's one of the reasons I have worked in and with nonprofits) - and professionally as someone who works with staff and volunteers and partners wanting to do all these things. Fr. Boyle goes on to point out that "before things become mutually beneficial at the margins, they need to be mutually relational" (p. 182), which echoes activist Bryan Stevenson's call to get proximate with others. This is a fundamental reframing of "service", particularly project-based service. Volunteer projects that are plug-and-play-and-walk-away can meet a need but they rarely are relational. If we're honest, that's the appeal. They allow us to do "community" on our own terms and without entanglement. True community asks us to show up and keep showing up, even when it isn't convenient or easy or fun. Which makes me wonder how project-based service can be a bridge or portal to community. I'm also thinking about what it means for me to be mutually relational. How am I showing up in community? Where am I missing the mark? How does mutual relationship show up in my work about volunteer impact and volunteer purpose...and corporate volunteering, which I posted about last week? How do we create conditions for mutual relationship in nonprofits when our organizations are rarely structured for it (and are often structured against it)?
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I've been reading Fr. Gregory Boyle's "Barking to the Choir" this week. The following sentence hooked me and wouldn't let go. "We always seem to be faced with this choice: to save the world or savor it. I want to propose that savoring is better, and that when we seek to 'save' and 'contribute' and 'give back' and 'rescue' folks and EVEN 'make a difference', then it is all about you...and the world stays stuck....The good news, of course, is that when we choose to 'savor' the world, it gets saved. Don't set out to change the world. Set out to wonder how people are doing. (p. 174-5)" This certainly hits a nerve with me personally (it's one of the reasons I have worked in and with nonprofits) - and professionally as someone who works with staff and volunteers and partners wanting to do all these things. Fr. Boyle goes on to point out that "before things become mutually beneficial at the margins, they need to be mutually relational" (p. 182), which echoes activist Bryan Stevenson's call to get proximate with others. This is a fundamental reframing of "service", particularly project-based service. Volunteer projects that are plug-and-play-and-walk-away can meet a need but they rarely are relational. If we're honest, that's the appeal. They allow us to do "community" on our own terms and without entanglement. True community asks us to show up and keep showing up, even when it isn't convenient or easy or fun. Which makes me wonder how project-based service can be a bridge or portal to community. I'm also thinking about what it means for me to be mutually relational. How am I showing up in community? Where am I missing the mark? How does mutual relationship show up in my work about volunteer impact and volunteer purpose...and corporate volunteering, which I posted about last week? How do we create conditions for mutual relationship in nonprofits when our organizations are rarely structured for it (and are often structured against it)?
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As many know volunteering is a huge part of my life and getting so involved with it at Guardian has helped me feel like me again (post having kids). Volunteering is not only something important to do to support your local community and help others, but it can have great benefits to you personally and professionally. Why? Professionally it can help you connect with people outside of your department at work. If your company has a volunteer committee or at Guardian we call it the Community Involvement Committee, there are opportunities to attend in person events enabling you to meet others. When volunteering a person's title goes out the window and you are working together for a common goal. It can be a great informal job interview or help you learn about other areas of your business through casual discussion. Your potential leader could see your work ethic, how you interact with others, and how you problem solve. Additionally, if you are a leader, you could meet amazing colleagues who you never met who have skills that could benefit your team. Personally, volunteering is so fulfilling, knowing that you are helping someone in your local community that without you, may not get what they need, whether it's something as simple as donating blood or visiting a local nursing home to do an activity with residents. So I challenge my network, for 2024, take some time out of your busy schedule, and give back to others! You never know how it could change your life!
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