A recent study by Princeton University professor Robert Wuthnow indicates that nearly half of all Americans do volunteer work. Nursing alumni are no exception, and their contributions to the communities in which they live are impressive. Not surprisingly, many of their volunteer activities are health related, but not all.
Alumni are versatile, and their many talents and skills are reflected in their volunteering.
Nurses provide untold hours to their professional organizations, serving as officers, board members, and on committees and task forces. They give presentations at meetings, prepare displays, and write articles for newsletters and other publications. Alumni also devote many volunteer hours to health related organizations, including state and local chapters of the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association. The following examples are representative of the many dedicated alumni volunteers. She then became involved in outdoor work, collecting seeds, planting prairies, digging up unwelcome plants and shrubs.