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The spirit of America is the spirit of volunteerism. From the founding of this great country to the present time, volunteerism helps to make America unique. In this difficult time, when America’s vaunted diversity sometimes seems more divisive than commendable, when religious, racial, gender, and class issues threaten to separate us, small volunteer groups offer a chance for diverse peoples to unite in a common goal. In this way volunteerism can help America regain its unity. Volunteerism is essential to the concept of America and has been from its founding. However, volunteer organizations need many more people in 2003 than are now volunteering. ... I In the earliest days America was dominated by the Puritans, whose belief systems included a strong work ethic and the individual working within the context of the community. ... Although the Puritans were a religious group, the volunteer movement did not begin in churches and was never restricted to churches. Nevertheless church groups remain a vital part of the volunteer effort (U. ... From this Puritan idea, community activities became the basis for clubs, sports and social groups who reflected the community volunteer spirit that characterized the colonial period. The long history of volunteering in America evidences its importance. ... America is volunteers" (Bennett, 17). ... Volunteers came together to do the jobs that could not be done by one farmer and his family, and that family would reciprocate with its own volunteer labor when it was needed. ... Benjamin Franklin organized the first volunteer fire department in Philadelphia in 1736: “a company of thirty volunteers who equipped themselves with leather buckets and bags and baskets” (Nettles, 458). ... By 1772, New York had eleven volunteer fire companies and 163 men serving in them (Ellis & Noyes, 35). ... The Red Cross grew out of their efforts and became one of the largest volunteer organizations in the world. ... They were purely volunteer in nature, and they worked with child welfare, public education, and various civic concerns (Ellis & Noyes, 99). ... By 1915, Boy Scouts alone had 8,000 Volunteer Scoutmasters. ... Once again, as in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, women’s volunteer groups were a vital part of the war effort. ... Although Prohibition was eventually repealed, nevertheless it represents a big achievement that was accomplished by volunteer efforts. II Yet, in spite of this rich heritage, many volunteer organizations today are short of personnel, not because of a shortage of volunteers but because there are so many more organizations that rely on them. A number of organizations have studied the vexing question why people do not volunteer and what can be done to encourage them. ... It found that volunteering was considered more important than it had been five years earlier but that only one in five Americans reported an increase in the amount of time spent as a volunteer. ... The two groups who overwhelming do not volunteer are ethnic minorities of all ages and young adults of all ethnic backgrounds, so volunteer organizations must appeal to these people. Ethic minorities have a significantly lower volunteer rate than white Americans. ... Blacks, and those of Hispanic origins volunteer significantly fewer numbers than Whites (U. |
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