Expanding opportunity by helping to make post-secondary education more affordable. AmeriCorp members must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and at least 17 years of age. Some receive childcare and health benefits. The Peace Corps is an organization that has placed volunteers all over the world, working on projects in education, business, agriculture, the environment, and health. These projects focus on teaching people to help themselves.
Volunteers get the satisfaction of serving others and find new ways of viewing the world.
These programs as well as other offer the extra money as an incentive. This extra money could be used for any number of things including graduate school or paying off school loans. These programs offer the student a more in-depth volunteer experience so as to intensify the service benefits. Volunteering gives the person a springboard for self assessment . As mentioned above, the service experience helps with exploration in career choice as well as the skills needed to do the job.