Vicki Hardin

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Vicki Hardin vhardin_at_westga.edu 678-839-6431
Room 355 Parker Hall (3rd Floor same building
as Registrar) http//www.westga.edu/careerservices

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Volunteer Service
The best way to find yourself, is to lose
yourself in the service of others. - Ghandi
Volunteering provides opportunities to contribute
to society in meaningful and valued ways.
Providing all young people with opportunities to
serve enables them to become contributors,
problem-solvers and partners with adults in
improving their communities and the larger
society (Lewis, 1988).
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Benefits ofVolunteering

• Learn about yourself and others
• Challenge yourself
• Affect positive change on society
• Contribute to your community
• Enhance leadership skills

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Benefits ofVolunteering

• Gain skills and experience
• Build your resume
• Network
• Develop transferable job skills

Change someones life possibly your own
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Getting Startedas a Volunteer

• Set goals that you would like to achieve from
  your volunteer experience
• Decide what areas of service interest you
• Determine the amount of time you are willing to
  commit
• When are you available
• How long a commitment you are willing to make

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Getting Startedas a Volunteer

• Visit our office to find and sign up for a
  project that interests you
• One day one time project
• Ongoing project
• Visit our website to register online.

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What Is Available

• Social Service
• Arts and Crafts
• Companion/Visitor
• Clothing/Food Banks
• Tutoring/Mentoring
• Crisis Hotline
• Fundraising
• Entertaining

"We can do no great things--only small things
with great love." Mother Teresa
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What Is Available

• West Georgia Habitat for Humanity
• Seedlings Program
• Carroll Mentoring
• Carroll County Soup
• Kitchen
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• Senior Citizen Program
• Inner Harbour
• McIntosh
• Reserve
• Many more

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Companies EncouragingVolunteer Service

• IBM
• Enterprise
• Lockheed Martin
• Boeing
• Wal Mart
• Target
• Ernst and Young
• Hewlett-Packard

• Cintas
• Printpack
• Georgia-Pacific
• Georgia Power
• UPS
• Coca Cola
• Regions Bank
• Synovus
• AFLAC

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than
the grandest intention." Anonymous