{"id":360,"date":"2018-06-04T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-50-17-66-55.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/2018\/06\/04\/what-type-of-volunteer-work-is-right-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:22:31","slug":"what-type-of-volunteer-work-is-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/college-applications-and-admissions\/what-type-of-volunteer-work-is-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Type of Volunteer Work is Right For You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-360x240.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image.jpeg 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteer work is a popular activity for middle school and high school students for many reasons. First, it is a great way to give back to a cause you care about. If you want to join an organization, volunteering is one of the easiest ways to support its efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteering also helps you develop career skills. For example, volunteering at a senior center front desk can improve your written and verbal communication skills. These skills will help you succeed in any career you choose later in life. Many schools also require community service hours for graduation or awards. If this applies to you, spend your volunteer time on work you enjoy and care about. Use this flowchart to find the best volunteer opportunity for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-703x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-703x1024.png 703w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-768x1118.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image.png 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer work is a popular activity for middle school and high school students for many reasons. First, it is a great way to give back to a cause you care about. If you want to join an organization, volunteering is one of the easiest ways to support its efforts. Volunteering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-applications-and-admissions","category-extracurricular-activities-and-leadership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}