Volunteering

Insights and Tips for Teenagers

Volunteering
Jean Rawitt
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NZ$ 86.99
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 144pg
30 Jun 2020 US
9781538129753
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Volunteering: Insights and Tips for Teenagers provides a complete guide to the world of volunteerism. It shows you how to become engaged in what will be among the most gratifying and worthwhile experiences of your life. In this book you' ll learn why volunteerism is so important both to volunteers themselves and to those they serve and explore different types of volunteer opportunities and how to find and secure a rewarding volunteer placement. With advice from professionals and first-hand accounts from teen volunteers, including a fifteen-year-old girl who started a foundation that now helps hundreds of new parents, this book will help you make the most of your volunteer experience. You will learn -how to research volunteer opportunities -what to expect from the application, interview, and orientation process -how to be a successful volunteer -how to handle unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations and how to ask for help, and -how you can use what you learn as a volunteer to create new academic or career opportunities. With helpful tips for success and a resource list of volunteer opportunities, this book provides everything you need to understand the vital and vibrant world of volunteerism.
This is a wonderful book. Jean Rawitt advises and encourages teenagers about how to enter the world of volunteering, how to navigate it, and how to make a difference in the world. Give it to every teen you know. --Jane Isay, Endorser, Author of Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents There' s no one better suited to guide young people through the volunteer journey than Jean Rawitt. As a lifelong volunteer, and volunteer program creator and visionary, Jean brings her passion for service, understanding of adolescence, and celebration of giving to any young person exploring pathways for contributing in a meaningful way. This book will capture the interest and passion of any young person wishing to make an impact. --Shari Sirkin Kaplan, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Director, Department of Volunteer Services
Jean Rawitt is a freelance writer and a consultant for the Department of Volunteer Services at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York). For ten years, she oversaw the Varsity Volunteer Services at Mount Sinai where she developed and coordinated a program to recruit, train, supervise and mentor high-school students as volunteers on hospital inpatient units.

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