{"id":6609,"date":"2021-04-23T18:07:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T01:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2021-04-23T18:12:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T01:12:47","slug":"reasons-for-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/?p=6609","title":{"rendered":"Reasons for Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Since we are celebrating Volunteer Week right now \u2013 between April 18 and April 24 \u2013 here are some of the reasons why you should aspire to volunteer. And if you already do volunteering, here are some reasons why you should continue to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although this\u00a0post<\/a> highlights some of the reasons why you should volunteer, there are numerous other reasons why you should aim to help out in the community.<\/p>\n

Learn more about specific topics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Different organizations allow a chance to learn more about specific topics.\u00a0 When you volunteer at Habitat for Humanity, for example, you have the chance to learn more about multiple topics such as affordable housing. This will help you gain a deeper understanding of the world around you.<\/p>\n

Helping others <\/strong><\/p>\n

When you volunteer, it improves the lives of others. It also helps make the community a better place \u2013 whether it\u2019s directly or not.<\/p>\n

Help get you active <\/strong><\/p>\n

Depending on how you\u2019re volunteering, it can be a chance to exercise your body. This way, not only are you helping others, but you\u2019re also helping yourself.<\/p>\n

Helps your mental health <\/strong><\/p>\n

No matter where you volunteer, it will help your overall well-being \u2013 from your physical to mental health. It can help with feelings of stress, anxiety and even loneliness.<\/p>\n

Fill out this\u00a0application<\/a> if you want to volunteer at Habitat for Humanity Okanagan!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Different organizations allow a chance to learn more about specific topics.\u00a0 When you volunteer at Habitat for Humanity, for example, you have the chance to learn more about multiple topics such as affordable housing. This will help you gain a deeper understanding of the world around you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-6609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-volunteering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6609"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6613,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609\/revisions\/6613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}