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While research exploring out-of-school time contexts generally focus on youth participant outcomes, the adults who work with young people are also learning. We sought to address a gap – the consequences of volunteering on the volunteer – to improve our understanding of volunteerism in youth development organizations. We collected open-ended responses from 1,060 University of California 4-H Youth Development Program volunteers about the effects volunteering had on their personal development. We analyzed data with applied iterative inductive thematic analysis. Over half stated they developed skills; nearly a third improved indicators of well-being; a quarter described gratification, affection, or joy at working with others; a quarter identified social development outcomes; and almost a tenth described deepening their relationship with the organization.
Steven Worker, University of California Cooperative Extension
Car Mun Kok, University of California - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dorina Espinoza, University of California - Agriculture and Natural Resources
JoLynn Miller, University of California - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Charles Go, University of California - Agriculture and Natural Resources