She currently performs in Broadway's Les Miserables, and is also dance captain. Those groups match volunteer skills to required project tasks. Bureaus and volunteer centers also recognize the achievements of volunteers on a regular basis. The centers employ volunteer coordinators. Alumni, retired faculty and staff, friends of the university, and newcomers to the community volunteer to work at the reception desk, answer phones, do clerical tasks, prepare large mailings, and conduct tours for guests in the building.
Advocacy draws still another group of alumni to volunteer.
These individuals become advocates or counselors, creating support systems, and actively seeking change because of a personally traumatic experience affecting them or a loved one. These events made me want to learn how I could help make an impact in those two areas. Dobbins volunteers as a victims' advocate with the Center for Hope in Warsaw and also with the Kosciusko County Safe Kids as a child passenger safety advocate. Independent Sector's research from 1996 identified another alternative. It became clear that volunteering as a part of social Greek letter, fraternal and professional associations, or workplace organizational units is growing in significance.