Argumentative Essay: Should People Volunteer To Help Others?
Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Life’s most urgent question is: What are we doing for others?” So I ask you now, what are you doing for others? Well, here is one way you can help others while even helping yourself. Volunteering fulfills a need for someone while improving your mental state, self-esteem, and it makes others want to volunteer as well. In order to make the world a better place, people should volunteer to help others. Volunteering fulfills a need for anyone in need of service or care. When you volunteer at a soup kitchen, it fulfills a need for someone who is hungry. While fulfilling a need, you will feel yourself to be happier. Volunteering improves ones mental state and self-esteem. Research shows that 96% of volunteers say
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Volunteering makes others want to help. In Atlanta, there was a snowstorm that left people stuck on roads with no way to get supplies. One stranded motorist created a Facebook page asking others for what they needed. The response was one enormous group that had to be split into seven regional groups, each group with 300 to 1,200 volunteers delivering supplies. In September 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed volunteering across the country. Statistics show that 25.3% of the United States residents have volunteered in some form. Volunteering will help others, yourself, and will increase the help that you get, ultimately making the world a better place. What will you do to increase volunteering in the future? Less people are getting involved, and without volunteers things will be a lot harder to accomplish. Without volunteering the needy will not get the supplies and services they need. If you increase volunteering, you will help the younger generation learn that volunteering is important and that it can continue to grow. Finally, volunteering can help fight cancer, increase educational standards, end hunger and much more. Volunteering can be for a small cause or a big cause; either way, it helps whatever you want to
Volunteering makes others want to help. In Atlanta, there was a snowstorm that left people stuck on roads with no way to get supplies. One stranded motorist created a Facebook page asking others for what they needed. The response was one enormous group that had to be split into seven regional groups, each group with 300 to 1,200 volunteers delivering supplies. In September 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed volunteering across the country. Statistics show that 25.3% of the United States residents have volunteered in some form. Volunteering will help others, yourself, and will increase the help that you get, ultimately making the world a better place. What will you do to increase volunteering in the future? Less people are getting involved, and without volunteers things will be a lot harder to accomplish. Without volunteering the needy will not get the supplies and services they need. If you increase volunteering, you will help the younger generation learn that volunteering is important and that it can continue to grow. Finally, volunteering can help fight cancer, increase educational standards, end hunger and much more. Volunteering can be for a small cause or a big cause; either way, it helps whatever you want to