Everyday Volunteering: Finding Your Foundations

Now that you have a place to volunteer your time, it is important to build integrity into your service. A foundation of integrity will help both you and your leader be more effective and have more fun. The following five tips will guide you as you start out on your new volunteer role:

1. Honor your commitments – If you signed up to serve at a specific time, honor it
2. Give plenty of notice when you are unavailable – telling your leader 24 hours before an event that you can’t serve your scheduled time isn’t appropriate unless it can’t be helped
3. Catch problems early – is your new volunteer role not working out? Tell your leader early. Don’t drag it out, as it isn’t healthy for either of you
4. Give it your everything – just because you are volunteering your time doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do your best
5. Be prepared and on time – make sure you are prepared to volunteer when the time comes. Be there on time and ready to start

Take some time to review this list and commit to making your volunteer time the best it can be. You and your leader will appreciate it!

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