Volunteerism

GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER.

The Importance of Volunteerism
With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering are enormous to you, your family, and your community. The right match can help you find friends, reach out to the community, learn new skills, and even advance your career. Get involved and sign up on United Way's user-friendly volunteer portal, Lend a Hand Hernando.

United Way offers multiple volunteer opportunities:

Motivational reasons why you should volunteer:

  • to feel needed
  • to share a skill
  • to get to know a community
  • to demonstrate commitment to a cause/belief
  • to gain leadership skills
  • to act out a fantasy
  • to do your civic duty
  • for corporate matching
  • satisfaction from accomplishment
  • to keep busy
  • for recognition
  • to repay a debt
  • to donate your professional skills
  • to have an impact
  • to learn something new
  • for freedom of schedule
  • to help a friend or relative
  • for an escape
  • to be challenged
  • to feel proud
  • to make new friends
  • to explore a career
  • to help someone
  • as therapy
  • to do something different from your job
  • for fun!
  • for religious reasons
  • to earn academic credit
  • to refresh your skills
  • because an agency is geographically close
  • to have an excuse to do what you love
  • to assure progress
  • to feel good
  • to be part of a team
  • to gain status
  • because you were asked
  • to test yourself
  • to build your resume
  • to be an agent of change
  • because of personal experience with the problem, illness, or cause
  • to stand up and be counted

When you reach out a hand to one, you influence the condition of all. That's what it means to LIVE UNITED.