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Volunteering With and For Your Heart

For anyone who has volunteered you've likely encountered that moment where you feel good. The good feeling of course can come from validation from others who thank you for volunteering, but also internally through a sense of accomplishment. Volunteering, even in simple tasks, is something you start, do and complete - and this sense of doing something can have benefits in your mental and physical health.

3 Reasons Why You Need to Pay Attention to Your Volunteer's Interests

When volunteers are intentionally matched with roles that align with their skills, interests and ability, they are more likely to stay engaged in the organization than those who were merely placed to fill a gap.

Volunteering for Your Mental Health

Volunteering has a variety of benefits to organizations, businesses, communities and society as a whole, but it also has a lot to offer to volunteers themselves. It can provide a sense of belonging and connection to community, increase well being and provide opportunities to refine your skills or even develop new ones.

10 Tips on Volunteering Wisely

Link to an article offering multiple perspectives about volunteering successfully and long-term.

Creating a iVolunteer User Account

This article covers the step-by-step process of how volunteers can create a user account in iVolunteer.

How to: Post an Opportunity for your Agency or Program

This article covers how to post an opportunity in iVolunteer.

Storytelling for Volunteer Managers

Reasons Why You Need a Volunteer Job Description (and UWBC's free Job Description Template!)

Things to Consider When Planning Your Volunteer Orientation

Reasons Why You Need a Volunteer Orientation in Place

Why You Need a Volunteer Engagement Strategy (And How You Can Get Started)

3 Reasons Why You Need to Pay Attention to Your Volunteer's Interests