What Kind Of Volunteer Are You?
What Kind Of Volunteer Are You?
When you first decide to volunteer for a charity, event, or a non profit organization (like AFS!), you probably started with focusing all your time and energy on picking the perfect cause. However in addition to picking the cause / organization you believe in to volunteer for, you should also spend some time to figure out what you’d like to be doing there.
Volunteering can be a fantastic opportunity to explore your skills, talents, passion, even previously unexplored interests, and to broaden your horizon
When you first decide to volunteer for a charity, event, or a non profit organization (like AFS!), you probably started with focusing all your time and energy on picking the perfect cause. However in addition to picking the cause / organization you believe in to volunteer for, you should also spend some time to figure out what you’d like to be doing there.
Volunteering can be a fantastic opportunity to explore your skills, talents, passion, even previously unexplored interests, and to broaden your horizon
When you are approached for donations, which cause are you most likely to support:
If you could meet one of these people who would it be?
When faced with a problem, what is the first thing you usually do?
What type of gift do you prefer to receive?
Choose an animal that reflects you
It’s Saturday! What are you up to?
Pick a movie to watch tonight?
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Active / Hands On
Active / Hands On
You prefer volunteer work that is skill based using personal talents or professional competencies. By connecting with the right project and the right time, your skills will allow for a greater impact in volunteering projects and building of stronger relationships between you and your chosen non-profit organization.
You might enjoy coaching, environmental conservation / restoration, outdoors, building & construction.
Social Helper
Social Helper
You prefer to interact with and directly assist people in need. You enjoy getting to know people on a personal level, and are concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being.
You might enjoy tutoring, child care, assisting seniors, helping at soup kitchens.
Creative
Creative
You prefer to interact with people and the right cause through a creative medium. You are bursting with a need to think outside the box, to provide creative solutions for individuals, situations and challenging existing practices, share learning, and help influence the way services are designed and delivered in future.
You might enjoy arts & crafts, painting, web design, event photography, writing, story telling., facilitating, fundraising
Technical
Technical
You have a passion for and practical knowledge of technical, mechanical, or industrial arts. You appreciate a methodological approach to projects and field work, as you strongly believe a firm structure, proper documentation, and a solid work foundation is the basis to a project's success.
You might enjoy computer & IT, editing, administrative work, research, event management