Translate: They also include providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people.

Translate: In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer.

Translate: According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year.

Translate: Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair).

Translate: Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it!

Translate: Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.