After leaving a career, many retirees take up volunteering to make a difference in the lives of others. Volunteer opportunities for seniors are plentiful, but finding the right role for you is not ...

Getting into medical school takes more than a high GPA and above-average MCAT score. With some medical schools, like the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, which accepted only 2.1% of all applicants ...

The evidence is in, and it’s probably not surprising: Volunteering is good for you. And those are just a few pieces of the growing body of research about the positive benefits of giving back. Here’s ...

Mother and daughter Friends of Karen volunteers (L-R) Charli and Jami at one of the organization’s fundraising events. The organization provides vital financial, advocacy, and emotional support to ...

One of the best ways to grow not only as a person but in your college career is by giving back to your community. Volunteering can be a great way to get involved, expand your abilities, add experience ...

Big Bend National Park, where about 260 volunteers log about 50,000 hours annually. Henry Ring (above left) with roommate Alex Brachman on duty at Big Bend National Park. Volunteers clean up items ...

Cheryl Gentle has been a volunteer at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah since 2000, only five years after Jon M. and Karen Huntsman created what is now the only NCI-designated ...

Last night, I sat around a fire at the Tshemba Lodge situated in the Moditlo Game Reserve in the province of Mpumalanga, South Africa. The medical volunteers had returned from their work at the rural ...