Volunteer

A volunteer [noun] is a person who performs or offers to perform a service out of his or her own free will, often without payment. The year 2001 was the International Year of the Volunteer.

People may volunteer [verb] to perform charitable work. Some volunteer for clinical trials or other medical research, and may even donate their bodies to science after their death.

See also

• Amateur
• Online volunteer.
• ICT volunteer.
• Hospital volunteer.
• Candystriper.
• Volunteer (botany).
• Non-government organisation

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