I have always enjoyed volunteering and helping others out of
the kindness of my heart. Recently, I decided I would like to try and work for
a nonprofit organization, but what does that entail? I did some research and
realized it is just like volunteering, but you get paid!
A nonprofit organization is a business that generates
surplus revenues to continue the life of the business instead of using them for
profits or dividends. Many companies are centered on a charity or service
organization. What attracts me to this kind of company is the fact that they
are solely functioning for the survival of the company and the service that
they are providing. I like the family feel of these types of organizations.
My first encounter with a nonprofit organization was in 2007
when I first started volunteering at my step-mom’s company. She works for an
NPO, Any Baby Can. They help families with sick children who can’t pay for
their hospital bills. They are solely based on donations from the community to
help these families get back on their feet and provide for their children. I
volunteered there every summer for about three years, mainly office work:
copies, organizing payroll checks, and filing. Over those three years, I saw
families come and go and saw how much this company helped each and every
family. Even though I know it is hard to keep an NPO sustained and alive, I
just admire the type of work that they do every day and I want to be a part of
that.
