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Are you looking for ways to help others? Are you interested in community service and want to learn more about it? Read this article to learn what community service is and examples of it.
What is community service?
Community service is a work done by a person or group of people that benefits others, such as cleaning, fundraising, or organizing special events, etc. You do not get paid to perform community service.
Who can you help?
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Community services often address the needs of a specific group, such as:
- Children.
- Teenagers.
- Women.
- Men.
- Families.
- Senior citizens.
- People with disabilities.
- People in crisis.
- Animals.
- Endangered species.
- Abandonded pets.
Benefits of volunteering
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Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many community services rely on volunteers. Here are some benefits of volunteering:
- You can help your community.
- You can challenge yourself.
- You can learn positive qualities like patience and independence.
- You can show that you are able to change for the better.
- Your victim(s) and community will see that you are working to make things right.
- You can learn skills that will help you find a job.
- You can have fun and meet new people.
- You can help people who really need it and feel good about the work you’ve done.
Examples of community services
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- Participate in recycling programs.
- Clean up a local park.
- Raise money for Red Cross.
- Donate blood.
- Help elderly people.
- Organize wheelchair basketball game.
- Organize charity race.
- Plant trees.
- Paint park benches.
- Donate clothes.
- Donate food.
- Adopt abandonded pets.
- Save endangered species.
Where can you find community service projects?
There are many places where you can find information about community service projects, such as:
- School bulletin board.
- Community centers.
- Town hall.
- Websites.
- Hospitals.
- Animal shelters.
