
Volunteering
Insights and Tips for Teenagers
Jean Rawitt(Author)
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on 30. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-5381-2975-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 opportunitieswhat to expect from the application, interview, and orientation processhow to be a successful volunteerhow to handle unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations and how to ask for help, andhow 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.
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 opportunitieswhat to expect from the application, interview, and orientation processhow to be a successful volunteerhow to handle unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations and how to ask for help, andhow 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.
Reviews / Votes
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 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 ParentsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Illustrations
8 b/w illustrations; 9 textboxes
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-2975-3 (9781538129753)
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Person
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.
Content
You Are Not Alone
Part I: What Is Volunteering?
1: Why Volunteer?
2: Getting Started as a Volunteer
Part II: Expectations and Challenges
3: What Makes a Successful Volunteer?
4: What You Learn as a Volunteer
5: Volunteer Challenges
6: Finding Your Area of Interest as a Prospective Volunteer
Part III: what's Next
7: Making the Most of Your Volunteering
8: Continuing to Make a Difference
9: Beyond Volunteering
Notes
Selected Resources
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Part I: What Is Volunteering?
1: Why Volunteer?
2: Getting Started as a Volunteer
Part II: Expectations and Challenges
3: What Makes a Successful Volunteer?
4: What You Learn as a Volunteer
5: Volunteer Challenges
6: Finding Your Area of Interest as a Prospective Volunteer
Part III: what's Next
7: Making the Most of Your Volunteering
8: Continuing to Make a Difference
9: Beyond Volunteering
Notes
Selected Resources
Bibliography
Index
About the Author