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Volunteer

A volunteer is a person who performs or offers to perform a service out of her own free will, often without payment. The year 2001 was the International Year of the Volunteer.

Some thoughts on what could be here:

Perhaps we could explore why we volunteer?
A history of volunteering, particularly of the major volunteer organisations.
A list of volunteer organisations.
- Service club
- community emergency response team
A list of online volunteer projects

See also

Hospital volunteer.
Candystriper.
Volunteer (botany).
Non-government organisation

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