Volunteers Make a Difference w/Fundraising & Enjoy Health Benefits

😃 Apparently the science around the side effects of volunteering matches both my own biases and material wishes. 

🤓 Volunteers are almost twice as likely to give to charity than those that do not volunteer (Source: Corporation for National and Community Service).

👩🏽‍🎓 ***Jacquelyn Stephens, PhD from the Mather Institute said to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, that "volunteering would be good even if it didn’t have so many benefits. 'But it just so happens that it does, and especially for older adults.'"

👨🏽‍🎓 *** Eric S. Kim, Ph.D., psychology professor at the The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, said of his research on volunteering: “These things have downstream effects, such as increased healthy behaviors, as well as increased healthier biological function such as reduced inflammation (Philanthropy.com Aug 2024)."