How volunteering can prepare you for a career in sales

Volunteering is a great way to prepare for a career in sales. As you volunteer, you are putting the other persons interests ahead of yours. You are helping solve a problem to an existing need. As a professional sales representative, you do the same. You have a goal that you are working towards. You get your client

Thanksgiving

Have you adopted a family for Thanksgiving? This is the time we can give thanks for all the good fortune that we have. Take this holiday to invite someone new into your home for a meal or adopt a family in need so they can have a time to remember.

Raise $ through Texting

mGive allows your organization to raise money through text message donations. Supporters of your cause send a text message to your keyword & short code and their $5 or $10 donation is applied to their cell phone bill. Once you create a campaign, you can drive awareness via print, radio, television, online and social network adverts.www.mgive.com

The Penny Experiment

Since starting Penny Experiment, I have been getting emails from people asking how they can help. Penny Experiment doesn’t accept money donations. If you would like to donate money, please donate it directly to your local food bank. If you feel that this experiment is worthwhile, here are a few simple things that you can do:

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper is a ministry of volunteers whose mission is to bring the love and hope of Jesus Christ to those it serves. We deliver furniture, household items and food, free of charge, to those who seek assistance. There are no prerequisites for service. 

Why Volunteer?

• Help the community and others. Helping others usually comes to mind first when people think of volunteers. But as you see when you read deeper in this list, their motives aren't always this simple.

• Increase self-esteem. Volunteering makes people feel better about themselves. Giving a few hours a week, or even a month, to an organization

Toms Shoes

TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One. Using the purchasing power of individuals to benefit the greater good is what we're all about. The TOMS One for One business model transforms our customers into benefactors,

Jesuit Volunteer Corps

The Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is a national and international program based in Baltimore and operated by five local program offices. Thus local JVC staff can continue to understand community needs, retain regional ties and provide the strong personal and programmatic support to the volunteers that is the hallmark of JVC. Jesuit Volunteers make a commitment to serve where the need is greatest, to work with people who are marginalized by society and to live in apostolic community with other JVs. In all, about 300 JVs each year work in the United States and

What is the Rotary Club?

Rotary Clubs are a great way to get involved with helping your community as well as international projects. What would it take to change the world? Rotary International is the world’s first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who

UCLA Foodbank

When a group of UCLA students set out recently to deliver food they had collected for the homeless and needy, they didn’t have to travel far. Many on the Westwood campus are unaware of the Food Closet, as it is known. But for those students who are cash-strapped or homeless, it has become an indispensable feature of campus life. The door is always open, and 40 to 50 students drop by each day. Microwaves, plates and utensils are located in a student lounge across the hall.

How to donate money to India

-40 million people in India, mostly Dalits, are bonded workers, many struggling to pay off debts that were incurred generations ago. Of these, 15 million are children working in slave-like conditions hauling rocks or working in fields and factories for less than $1 a day.

uVolunteer - opportunities abroad

uVolunteer currently offers the opportunity to work on a range of volunteer projects in Costa Rica. Volunteers can become involved inTeaching English or Sports and Physical Education,working at a

Israel Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a commune in Israel where the members all work and contribute to the running of the kibbutz. In return, their basic living necessities such as food and accommodation are provided free.

Volunteer Capital Centre

Volunteer Capital Centre (VCC) programs will take you on to another country – where you will work side-by-side with local people, immerse yourself in another culture, and live in a community that warmly welcomes you. Our unique programs will give you the opportunity to exchange ideas with people of another culture. It will

Soles 4 Souls

NOVO NORDISK supports Soles4Souls at a National Sales Meeting in Orlando Florida the week of 8/22/10. Each member of the company was encouraged to bring a pair of shoes to donate.

Soles4Souls has a simple concept:

Charity Water

charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects. Learn more or donate.

Unemployed? Read on...

If you are unemployed or layed off, read on… Now’s an ideal time to take personal inventory on your strengths and passions while you are looking for another job. Once you identify your top 3 strengths and decide what motivates you, look for a volunteer opportunity with an organization to fulfill what you have to offer. Here’s 3 ways you will benefit

1. You will stay actively working (perhaps you don’t get paid) however, you will have a purpose each time you get out and associate with others

Lose Weight & Help Others

Getting a little fat from super sizing your meals? Are you interested in losing some weight by consuming less calories and helping others at the same time? Well, try this all week long:

Instead of super sizing your meal, DON’T! Take the extra money that it would cost and save this amount for an entire week. At the end of the week, congratulate yourself for not consuming the extra calories and probably losing some weight. Then take the money

World Teach - Help in 3rd World

Americans are using their skills/talents to help in the 3rd world. These are volunteer vacations which cost between $1,000 to $6,000 depending on location of your choice. Now’s a great time if you are unemployed to travel to another place and volunteer. Check out the opportunity atwww.vaops.com.

Big Brothers- Big Sisters

How about being a mentor to someone else? Do it through Big Brothers Big Sisters and change lives. This organization pairs adults over 21 with children ages 6 to 18 for one-on-one mentoring. Visit www.bbbs.org for more information.

Jobless? - why not volunteer

If you are jobless, unemployed. Think about the questions interviewers will be asking such as:
So tell me, what have you been doing to keep your skills sharp over the past ? months
How have you collaborated with others when there was little to gain on your part?
Tell me about a project you recently completed and what were the steps involved?

Think about answering these questions if you have been sitting on the coach for the past ? months versus if you were involved in an organization or cause where you were getting up out of bed daily or a few times a week to keep your skills sharp.

Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin – what a stud! He not only was a newspaper publisher, diplomat, inventor, signer of the Declaration of Independence, he also founded the First Volunteer Fire Department. In the 18th century, when Philadelphia was on fire, Ben Franklin organized men and resources to fight the fires that threatened to destroy the city. As you can see, there was first a need and then a solution. This is perfect

Clara Barton - founder of American Red Cross Disaster Relief

Clara Barton with some friends founded an American chapter of the International Red Cross in 1881. Her efforts focused on disaster relief (food, shelter and medical care to the 25,000 victims of the 1889 flood in Johnstown, PA). Today, 35,000 employees and more than 500,000 volunteers in 700 chapters focus on