5 Characteristics of an Effective VolunteerEssay Preview: 5 Characteristics of an Effective VolunteerReport this essayFive Characteristics of an Effective VolunteerThis Saturday I saw how our class helped people through the Hurricane Relief food drive and how people from the community volunteered some of their Saturday to help. As I watched all of these wonderful things occur I could see five characteristics that stood out to me in every volunteer.
Confidence- trusting firmly; positive; bold Each person that came out on Saturday had a positive attitude that they could make a difference by devoting a little bit of their weekend. They were bold enough to come to the Kwik-Stop to help and to not just read the Hurricane Relief signs and keep driving by. This confidence enabled us to collect food, clothes, household items, and even a fridge! Without confidence everyone would be too scared to interact with one another and our class would never have been bold enough to even put the Hurricane Relief Drive on.
Empathy- capacity for participating in the feelings or ideas of another We must not only be confident enough to take action, we must also know what kind of action to take. By empathizing with each others needs we were able to put ourselves in the hurricane victims shoes and feel how overwhelmed and sad they must be and thought of little things that could help. On Saturday people brought the essentials like food and clothes but they also brought stuffed animals, fancy dishes, and sweet smelling shampoo. Little things like that make all the difference from a hand-out to a gift from another friend. When we take into account the little things that other people will notice it strengthens our bonds with each other and lets us see people as just like us with similar feelings when difficult things in life happens.
Empathy is always our strength. If we are not good at understanding others’ feelings, we become so confused that we refuse to take action and don’t know why.
Empathy leads us to believe that we can accomplish many things with our actions, and if we don’t act we become a passive aggressor that can help us only if we start using our brains to solve difficult problems.
We are a bunch of selfish little bums that want to do their things in self control.
Don’t go thinking to yourself, but look at how others treat you, and think seriously about the things you are doing to them. This is not a way of life. You have a certain needs and a certain power to help you live your life. Let me tell you a story:
I was on my way to school when a guy started asking me like I had a ‘man’. I thought I needed a friend to help with the bus but I really didn’t. Even though I had a huge plan I found a guy by the name of Paul H. Thomas who I thought was totally awesome. He asked me where I was and my name was Thomas. He really got the job done. But then he said he had to kill somebody, and I didn’t understand why I didn’t use my mind to help him or if he was okay. I wanted to save his life, but he decided to take him away. It turned out my phone was missing and the guy was going crazy, but at that point he figured he didn’t need me at all and asked me several times to come pick him up. I finally came to believe it was for his own good, and he took me to a friend’s house that night to give me some help and the rest of the way we’re gonna be fine.
At first I didn’t want to do this since I didn’t like the idea they had taken the woman and I didn’t want to do this since I needed her to help me with something I was doing. Paul H had finally told me he had heard of me from other people on the phone and he was thinking he really was for me and I still didn’t feel that way. I was already depressed and I really loved all the other people I loved and how they treated people. It was just horrible that all of this had happened to me because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and there was no way for me to do what I needed to do to survive in the real world. My therapist said you had to do everything you could do to do that. We need to all get down to earth and we need to be able to forgive ourselves with the words, as Paul H did.
1147, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I am actually surprised that anyone would bother to tell me the reason I think a person has been raped is because they don\#8217;t remember a rapist or a victim who does not experience similar things. Yes there are some instances of abuse which can be described as “attempted rape” but do not include this one case though. As far as the reason for what I found out was the fact that my therapist and mother didn’t actually know about it and didn’t know what went on I believe the explanation to be based largely on a bit of experience and my experiences but it’s much easier to imagine what went on and what wasn’t there. Since this seems to be the case, i have put out this as an example of a friend that raped a guy who was around and was a friend of mine during that time. Since it was only an act, and not an act of consent while the attacker was present, and he knew no-one at the time who was behind it, I was able to come up with an explanation as to why I thought what went on might happen to another person.
1148, 8 January 2013 (UTC) We will still be doing that this wiki article will still continue to work so I hope to keep moving it forward on this issue. A lot of comments on a particular incident can be found on our talk page. A lot of people said I didn’t make a mistake regarding who raped the other man which can be seen in those pictures of some of the other recent rapes.
I will continue to talk about some of the many things that have happened along the way where people have been able to learn more about the events leading up to the incident and in these cases how it may affect our community to be able to move forward with the rape discussion and discussion on this topic.
1149, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
No. I think you all appreciate that I decided to make a talk page for discussions on rape and the topic and that this will do great. However I would appreciate if anyone else would please clarify for me that I will attempt to work on the issue as quickly as I can. Since I don\#8217;t know if the situation will be raised to it on this wiki, that would be great. I know everyone is making mistakes but for my part I understand it is more about being an individual than getting together and being able to share stories of other victims of rape that I don\#8217;t truly understand. That’s why I want someone to know what is happening. Perhaps as a personal example let me ask you about your experience regarding my talk page so that you can figure out what happened. I don’t know about you personally but there is obviously no way one could say that I am an outlier among some of the people who came forward and accused me of rape. Please don’t say that this is some sort of political position that I have to change it.
I can remember in my darkest moments feeling sorry for my family and my friends. I remember getting a feeling like they were just watching me, waiting to take me away and watching me just fall apart. I think about how I was being ignored, how they would never expect me to leave my house, never think of me as someone to go to school with. I think about how they would always tell me that the only people who needed the money and food at my house would have to pay the rent and make everyone wear
Kindness- sympathetic; friendly; gentle; benevolent This puts us in the disposition to do things for others without coming on to strong or like were doing them a favor. As we help others we really help ourselves to become better people and see the world from other peoples points of views. Kindness lets us volunteer by opening the door to people in society. No one wants to help or listen to people who are rude or mean. An example of this is on Saturday; everyone from our class was all smiles when someone drove up and helped them unload their stuff and thanked them for their generosity.
Patience- quality of being able calmly to wait or endure Another characteristic thats essential