Motivation for Volunteering People volunteer because they want to help others and becomes they themselves benefit from the experience. Volunteers feel needed Volunteering gives people a new perspective A number of experiences make people more likely to volunteer. Previous studies have shown that people who are active in religious organizations are more likely to volunteer. But a new Independent Sector study shows that people who are involved in any volunteer organization, religious or not, are more likely to volunteer. Also, people who have had positive experiences with volunteering as children continue to volunteer as adults.
Volunteers connect nonprofit organizations with the communities they serve.
Without volunteers, many nonprofit groups would simply not be able to accomplish their goals. By giving individual people the chance to get involved, to support the causes they believe in and to become stakeholders in their communities, nonprofit organizations and the volunteers that support them are working to achieve the goals and aspirations of Americans in communities all over the nation. Jossey - Bass, 1996. Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1999. Independent Sector , 1996.