In our economy there is a mixture of profit, government, and non-profit organizations in effect. Today the blog focuses on the non profit, where a wide range of sizes can be found and all are trying to make the world or at least their part of the world a better place. Within the non profits, many people volunteer their time and dollars because the non profit does something that the touches them. Recently I read the book A Year of Living Generously by Lawrence Scanlan, Douglas & McIntryre, Vancouver, 2010, The author volunteered at 12 different organizations or one a month and then wrote about it. The idea of volunteering in different organizations to see what they do is a very good one. Many people would like to do more, and a book such as Mr. Scanlan’s offers insight into what goes on beyond the the many doors that most of us do not go through, but we are glad they exist.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, volunteering because it is something you enjoy doing offers many dividends. Sometimes the reason why volunteering is great is because after you have figured out a method to earn a living, the volunteering gives you a wide  variety of tasks to do and helping people is very rewarding. Although you can volunteer for a short time, having a longer perspective is ideal. Similar to the author you can volunteer at many organizations or concentrate your time to a fewer selections and be well rewarded.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions