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Let’s Talk About: Volunteering
Welcome back to another “Let’s Talk About” series post, where I dive a little deeper into topics and provide supporting research. Today’s topic is all about volunteering, its benefits, and my experience. Storytime: My History With Volunteering I first began volunteering in college. Midway through my second year, I discovered that I could graduate an entire year early, and as exciting as that was, it was also a terrifying reality check. I was coming to the realization that my classwork alone wouldn’t differentiate me enough as a job applicant, and with only one and a half years of school left, I needed to get more experience, and fast. I already…
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How I Got Into Volunteerism
Half way through my second year of college, I realized that I could graduate not only a semester early, as planned, but an entire year early. While how I accomplished that is a story on its own for another time, I quickly began to realize that I needed more external experiences and connections. I had a planned internship at my university that summer, to build a rain garden, and had already lined up a part time summer job at a retail store. In an attempt to gain more experience in my remaining spare time, I applied for a few volunteering positions, one with Maine Audubon doing outreach on the beaches…
