Why do people volunteer?
What are the benefits for the communitity?
What are the benefits for the individuals?
Watch this promotional video from San Francisco's Volunteer Center and judge for yourself. Key words of what is being said will keep coming up on the screen, but if you wish, you can activate the CC subtitles on the lower side of the screen.
A few weeks ago, ESL Chestnut published this video which exemplifies the contribution specific volunteers makes to their community in Germany.
A chef at the chemical company Henkel cooks in the soup kitchen of a Franciscan monastry. A trainee from the IT company Mikado explains the internet to senior citizens. And all at the companies' expense. The concept is called "Corporate Volunteering."
The idea comes from America and is the quintessential win-win situation. When a company asks its employees to do volunteer work, it's not only society that benefits. The company derives something from the arrangement too, if an employee who feels valued for his or her contribution gives more at work as well. Find out how some companies make it possible for their employees to do volunteer work and thereby not only improve themselves and the firm, but make the world a slightly better place.
