1) Be recharged by doing something entirely different from your regular routine.

2) Put a smile on someone’s face.

3) Get first hand experience living in a different culture as you work amongst the locals in a volunteering vacation.

4) Interpersonal skill is enhanced as you are likely to be working with people in one way or another.  

5) Family ties are strengthened when volunteering with family members.

6) Leadership qualities can be sharpened when you champion a group community project.

7) Meet like-minded people in your volunteer vacation.

8) Gain a fresh perspective in life as you interact with the less privileged.  See how some people can be so happy with the little that they have.

9) Bless and be blessed.  Many volunteers can better appreciate what they have after their volunteering experience.

10) Lose some weight and detox from the excesses in life.

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