TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 CHAPTER 1 Helping Out 4 CHAPTER 2 Active Citizens CHAPTER 3 14 Getting Started ACTIVITIES TOOLS Take Action 22 Glossary 23 Index 24 24 To Learn More
CHAPTER 1 HELPING OUT What does it mean to volunteer It is offering help to someone who needs it We don't expect money for our time In fact we don't expect anything in return at all 4 CHAPTER 1
Benjamin Franklin spread the idea of volunteering in the 1700s He said we can work together to help one another He started the first volunteer fire department Franklin's ideas became a foundation of our democracy Benjamin Franklin 5 CHAPTER 1
