Casual Fridays - Work/Service Connection
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Friday, January 21, 2011 1:32 PM
This week, on my weekly “tech” update for the Son Rise Morning Show, I shared about the latest Pew report on the “Social Side of the Internet”. The study gives a fascinating look at how Internet users, and in particular those active on social networking sites, are more likely to be involved in volunteer efforts and in service groups.
Thinking about and speaking about community service made me ponder my own commitment to regular volunteerism. Lately, I feel inner promptings to commit myself to a more active volunteer role, perhaps at our local women’s shelter. Yes, I volunteer at Church and also feel that a lot of my writing these days is a form of volunteerism, but I’m much less active in a regular community service commitment than I’ve been in the past. This has me thinking also about the connection between career and community service, and whether my current workload has become my “excuse” not to volunteer as much as I have in the past.
Interestingly, when I worked in an office full time, my work was actually often a ticket to being MORE involved in community service. Our office had volunteer relationships with several non-profit organizations, and regular volunteering was supported and encouraged. Now that I am “self employed” and busy with so many parenting responsibilities, I seem to find less time for service in my community. I hope to remedy this in 2011, and to once again feel the joy of more actively giving back.
How about you? Does your work contribute to or detract from you being involved in volunteerism? Are you more or less involved in community service as a mom than you were as a single? What creative ways have you found to involve your family in active volunteerism?
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