Defination of Volunteering defined by volunteers.

Giving of yourself and sharing your skills and experience for the benefit of others  – Peter Hugh Rimmer

Volunteering is an opportunity to save lives, change lives, including our own. If we have the heart to support the less fortunate people - Florence Queza

Aiding a cause, people who are denied certain aspects of life, who rely on the kindness of others – Charini Khyara Ranaweera

Showing compassion for people and the earth through work - Erin M Donovan

Promoting good and improve human quality of life by sharing what you have got. - Patrick Stanley , Ireland and Ji Hyun, Korea

Volunteering is the giving back of yourself to a community and not expecting anything in return. It is the immersion of oneself in the culture of another and it is putting yourself whole-heartedly into a cause or program that you believe in. – Auburn Bryane Larose, Canada

How can you define a more powerful word it says it all ;help, support,understanding. Simon Peter Allen, United Kingdom

To give up your time to help others. – Hayley Sumner,  United Kingdom

Give your heart to love and give your hands to serve. – Sharon Tan Ping Fuong, Singapore

volunteering to me can be defined as a personal calling which drives a person to apply for an opportunity such as this, it is not something that can be pushed onto a person, it is personal to each who wants to make a differnce however big or small volunteering is offering ones services to held a wider cause and community,volunteering is sharing of skills and helping make the world a better place,volunteering is what I really want to do. Kathryn, UK

Volunteering is performing an action motivated by the impact it will have on others rather than on one’s self. – Joseph William Sullivan, USA

Volunteering is the practice of people working on behalf of others without being motivated by financial or material gain. It is something I feel is very enlighting and positive on ones life. While you don’t receive financial gain, it makes up for with good energy, karma and beauty in the fact your helping others just because that’s exactly what you want to do.  Kelly Louise Hewitt, Australia