volunteering

Summary

volunteering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• volunteering is a type of voluntary action^[2].
• volunteering is a type of voluntarism^[3].
• volunteering is a type of unpaid work^[4].
• volunteering's Commons category is recorded as Volunteering^[5].
• volunteering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Volunteering^[6].
• volunteering's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[7].
• volunteering's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C171228^[8].
• volunteering's practiced by is recorded as volunteer^[9].
• volunteering's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include voluntary action^[2], voluntarism^[3], and unpaid work^[4].

Influence

Things named for volunteering include KölnEngagiert^[11], an award^[12], in Germany^[13].

Why It Matters

volunteering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).^[1] volunteering has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] volunteering is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]

Entities named for volunteering include KölnEngagiert^[11], an award^[12], in Germany^[13].