Volunteer as a noun is defined by Dictionary.com as: a person
who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or
undertaking or a person who performs a service willingly and
without pay. Volunteerism is defined by the same source as above
as: the policy or practice of volunteering one’s time or talents
for charitable, educational, or other worthwhile activities,
esp. in one’s community. I pondered how being a volunteer and
volunteerism correlated with my family history and genealogy. I
can remember many activities that my mother took part in that
would qualify as “volunteer”. - Girl Scout Leader - Church
Council member and President - Church committee member - Parent
Teacher Organization member - Substitute Teacher (when it was
all volunteer) - Working at school carnivals and community
festivals - Helping to coordinate her alumna banquets - Driving
elderly friends or church members to church, church functions or
back home - Hosting women’s or club functions or bridge parties
- Driving her teenage daug