VOLUNTEER
The United Way is working to advance the common good by focusing on education, income, and health; the building blocks for a good life. But we cannot do it alone. We need the heads, hands and hearts of committed people like you to help us tackle the problems facing our communities.
Volunteer on our board or one of our committees. We are always looking for committed individuals to work with us on our committees.
For those students whose schools do not yet have a Student United Way, there’s the ASB National Program. From March 28-April 3, students from across the nation will meet in Biloxi, Mississippi to focus on United Way Gulf Coast recovery and rebuilding efforts. Students attend the national program and often return to campus and work with their local United Way.
Whether it is important to you to solve a community problem, advance a worthy cause or to develop as a person, volunteering offers many benefits in appreciation for the gift of your time and expertise. Volunteering can help you:
- Make important networking contacts
- Learn or develop skills
- Teach your skills to others
- Enhance your résumé
- Gain work experience
- Build self-esteem and self-confidence
- Improve your health
- Meet new people
- Feel needed and valued
- Express gratitude for help you may have received in the past from an organization
- Communicate to others that you are ambitious, enthusiastic and care about the community
- Make a difference in someone’s life
- Improves the likelihood that children will volunteer as an adult
