Family volunteering encourages members of the family to volunteer as a unit. It can be done by the whole family together, by one parent and one child or teen, or with extended family such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. It can be as simple as creating cards fro children in the hospital or as complex as bonding hundreds of families together in a day of service at a community event. However families choose to do it, families engaged in service can help mobilize thousands of new volunteers and instill in the next generation a lifelong commitment to volunteering.
The Importance of Family Service
Research suggests that engaging parents and their children in service together has important positive outcomes for everyone involved. It benefits:
- Children and youth by cultivating positive values, such as caring and empathy, and by developing a commitment to service both now and in the future.
- Parents by giving them more quality time with their children and all the other benefits of volunteering including increased interpersonal skills and improved health.
- Families increasing their sense of cohesion, well-being, and connections to the broader community.
- Sponsoring organizations and civic life by attracting more volunteers, increasing volunteer commitments, and bringing new energy to traditional volunteer opportunities.
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The Community Food Network in partnership with the Ionia Kids Club and United Way Montcalm-Ionia Counties wishes to thank GenerationOn and Disney Friends for Change for sponsoring National Family Volunteer Day and giving us the generous mini-grant to purchase supplies for the County-wide Food Drive! Ask any Food Drive Committee Member what these funds were spent on and how these national partners are helping us to make a difference on a local level!
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