The benefits of volunteering, without leaving home
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said that "life鈥檚 most persistent and urgent question is, 鈥榃hat are you doing for others?鈥�" Those words from 1957 are still relevant in our world full of inequities and people in need. And interestingly, helping others 鈥� particularly volunteering 鈥� also appears to boomerang back to us with significant health and wellness benefits.
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