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"Volunteer" REDIRECTS here. For other uses, see Volunteer (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with military volunteering, which is usually paid and/or compensated.

Volunteering is a voluntary act of avsvsbsnsnsnnsnsnsnsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmn individual or group freely giving time and labour for community SERVICE.[1][2] Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

Volunteers sweep the boardwalk in Brooklyn after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy

Volunteers complete a cleanup of litter and trash

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Volunteer days, weeks and years

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Moral resources, political CAPITAL and civil society

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Mental health benefits

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