For volunteering, what matters more hours dedicated or years done?

Poseidenj
Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:52:48 +0000

I’m just a bit curious if this situation has ever come up. I’ve been volunteering for god know’s how long, but specifically since 9th grade (since to CC that is what matters) I have been volunteering at my local library tutoring/mentoring kids. I have accumulated over 600 hours, and I guess I’ll get over 800 by the end of my senior year.

So, my friend who has done very minimal volunteering in his life (he says he doesn’t like helping people), he’s self-admittedly lazy but he’s still smart and has other virtues, told me “I found a great, easy volunteering gig that I can get 700 hours for before I send in my apps!”.

So, let us say I just decided to stop doing what I’m doing and end with 650 logged hours. My friend accumulates 700 volunteer hours. Mine was for four years, his was for one.

Erm, I don’t care if the latter is looked upon better, I’m just curious.