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You Volunteer and Want to do More

Our recent poll asked, "When you think of doing something for someone else, do you:"

• Want to give your time?
• Want to give your money?
• Want to use specific skills?
• Want the feeling to go away?
• Wish you had more time or money?

Most of you wished you had more time or money (76.2%), wanted to use specific skills (61.9%), and wanted to give your time (52.4%). You also wanted to give money (38.1%) but that was not your main interest. And, nobody wanted the feeling to go away!

You're our kind of people!

Thank you for taking our poll and visiting the site. You clearly are our kind of people - Semper Vita people. We want to help you find ways to volunteer that fit your personality and skills. We also want to make it easy so that your time is used to do what you're wired to do. Together we can give more time and money. Together we can make a difference in our community and around the world.

Thank you for partnering with us!

What do you like to do?

Our current poll asks, "When you volunteer, what do you like to do? Do you: like to help wherever you're needed, serve behind the scenes, put your unique skills to work or help lead the effort?"

Please help us out and cast your vote now!

To Help Or How To Help - That's The Question

Our latest poll asked you to specify your primary source for volunteer opportunities. Interestingly, most of you found it through church (56%), through networking  efforts(19%), or through friends (12%). Using volunteer sites or contacting a charity directly were the least preferred ways at 6% each. The only place you did not use as a source for volunteer opportunities is your work.   

So, do you rely on these various sources because they work best or because there is not a simple and reliable solution to find volunteer opportunities? At Semper Vita, we want to help you find the right opportunity that suits your wiring and benefits the types of charities that you care about. 

What's Your Way?

Our current poll (in the right hand column) asks what happens when you think of doing something for someone in need. Why that question? We'd like to know how you'd prefer to help.  Do you give time, donate money or contribute specific skills? Or, do you wait for the desire to help to go away? Maybe you wish you could do more if you only had more time or money? Personally, I'd like to use specific skills but also wish I could give more. How about you?

I'd like to ask you to do two things:

1. suggest a question for our poll, and 
2. cast your vote now!

Volunteering: Done Best Locally?

Our latest poll asked you "which types of volunteer opportunities do you prefer?" The choices - and you could select all that applied - included local, national or international opportunities and could be for anyone who needed help and/or for people you knew. We asked because we were curious how many people are interested in things locally, nationally or internationally. We also wanted to know if it's important to you whether you know the person you're helping or not. The results are clear:

• Doing what I can in my local community: 61.5% 
• Helping a group of people I know: 38.5% 
• Helping anyone who needs a helping hand: 30.8% 
• Assisting in a national cause: 15.4% 
• Assisting in a international cause: 15.4%

Most people want to help locally and are interested in helping those they know. We believe that connecting with people - as volunteers and in community - makes volunteering that much more enjoyable.

Our current poll (in the right hand column) asks where you look for volunteer opportunities. Is it through church, work, friends or other sources. Your answers will help us make Semper Vita's solutions even better.

I'd like to ask you to cast your vote now!

Charity: Reality or Cynicism?

Our latest poll asked you "when a charity of interest contacts you what is your initial reaction?" Not surprising, most of you indicated that the charity would want, well...money. Some 78% thought that the reason for the contact would be financially motivated. Another 13% thought the charity might need your time. Only 4% thought the reason for the contact would be because of interest in your skills or friends, respectively. 

Are charities interested only in your dollars? Many charities need great volunteers. At Semper Vita, we want to help you find the right opportunity to benefit the charity that you care about. 

Our current poll (in the right hand column) asks which types of opportunities you prefer. Why that question? We'd like to know how many people are interested in things locally, nationally or internationally. We also would love to know if it's important to you whether you know the person you're helping or not. Your answers will help us make Semper Vita's solutions even better. 

I'd like to ask you to cast your vote now!