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volunteer

 [vol″un-tēr´]
someone who does a task voluntarily and usually without pay.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

volunteer

A person who gives time and labour to a charity, organisation or other body without payment or other form of remuneration.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

volunteer

An unpaid do-gooder. See Normal volunteer.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Volunteering for Children and Families - HomeStart Home Visiting Volunteers; Stirling Champions Board; Cornton Out of School Care.
Last week was National Volunteers Week, My Sister's Place celebrated our amazing volunteers within the service.
The accreditation is the UK quality standard for all organisations which involve volunteers in their work and ensures the charity's volunteer management structure is adhering to best practice.
If anyone asked whether they could join UAE Nashama Volunteers, the founder of the group Essa Al Badwawi would usually say: "Volunteering has no nationality, no age limit and no gender, volunteering is for the kind.
Executive Director Bargad Sabiha Shaheen informed that Pakistan ranks 10th in number of volunteers globally with 58 million volunteers.
Borat was speaking at the eighth National Forum on Volunteerism on Wednesday - International Volunteer Day 2018 - under the theme 'Volunteers build resilient communities' at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC).
The main directions of the "SME Volunteers" program are the accumulation of experience by volunteers, the organization and promotion of volunteer activities, the involvement of young professionals and volunteers in entrepreneurship (Young Internship Programs), as well as cooperation with universities, NGOs and companies.
The spill over effect between parental volunteering and associated volunteering by their children has a wide influence, and while many people volunteer with the same organisations that their parents did, not all do - 89% of the railway volunteers also volunteered for secondary organisations, such as the National Trust, Citizens Advice, religious institutions, RSPB, and many local charities.
"This brief training is required for all volunteers, so that their volunteer shifts go smoothly," said Park District Volunteer Manager Lynnette Hoole.
Aspiring residents can now join the team of Volunteers for Expo 2020 as the doors for the mega event's House of Volunteers opened on Monday.
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