Volunteering helps build skills that can be useful in school and in the workplace (Ezarik). Organization and , communication, teamwork and leadership skills are just some of the skills possible to develop from volunteering. When starting a foundation or charity organization is key. For example Rachel Doyle from Nevada, "spent months writing grant applications, soliciting donations, raising money, recruiting volunteers, and learning how nonprofits work" (Ezarik). Because so much time is spent organizing before a program is started, many students such as Rachel develop strong organization skills. Communication skills are also one of the fundamental benefits from volunteering. "Even one of the first steps toward volunteering-finding a good organization-can boost your ability to communicate clearly" (Ezarik). In volunteer workplaces, such as food banks, tutoring organizations, and any programs that involve helps young children, communication isn an essential aspect of the work. Also the creators of organizations will find themselves using communication skills by , such as addressing crowds of people about their programs. For example the three students from Maryland, "found themselves speaking in front of the state legislature when it considered dropping the service work requirement for schools" (Ezarik). In group volunteer work teamwork and leadership skills are developed. For organizations to be successful there must be strong leaders and a strong usage of teamwork to get jobs done faster and more efficiently. All in all these skills used in volunteering give students rewarding attributes that can help them later in life. These personal rewards combined with the positive impacts of volunteer work show how mandatory volunteerism benefits everyone and thus why it should be enforced. But, Eeven though there are countless benefits to mandatory volunteerism there are still several arguments against volunteerism being mandatory.
