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4 ways that volunteering can be good for you

  • Written by Jennifer A. Jones, Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, University of Florida
imageVolunteering to pitch in during Breast Cancer Awareness Week may have also helped these Bethune-Cookman University students.Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

More than 77 million Americans volunteer a total of 6.9 billion hours a year doing everything from fighting fires to raising funds for cancer research. These efforts...

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