Service Development

Why Serve?

Although we all want to volunteer for altruistic reasons, it is human nature that we also need to "get something back" from a service experience. SERVICE can be viewed as an EXCHANGE. As we give of our time and talents, we receive personal benefits as well.

Benefits of Service

• Personal - Use service opportunities to:
  
  • Practice self-discovery;
  • Explore your values and place in the world;
  • Expand your education by making connections between your classes and the "real world";
  • Challenge yourself.
• Social - Use the group settings of service opportunities to:
  
  • Feel needed, connected and like you are contributing;
  • Share your knowledge and expertise with others while learning from them;
  • Meet and make new friends;
  • Foster deeper bonds with team members and friends.
• Charitable - Get a good feeling from:
  • Lending a hand to those in need;
  • Taking an active part in your community's well-being;
  • Making an impact on others' lives, as well as your own;
  • Helping to combat social injustice.
• Vocational - Get more out of volunteering than the good-will!
  • Build your resume with experiences that employers covet.
  • Learn and develop job and interpersonal skills.
  • Make career contacts and network.
  • Explore new fields and interests with freedom.
  • Gain future job experience.

Learn more about Career Development Through Service here.