volunteer

Born in New York in 1937, Rockefeller first arrived in West Virginia in 1964 as an anti-poverty volunteer, working in a remote Appalachian mining community.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

A volunteer instructed me to fold my rectangular ballot twice, so it could fit in the slot atop an overstuffed satchel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Maybe she and Shropshire-Maina will run for office one day, and I can volunteer for them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

I met with Mid-City residents Perez and Mohiuddin at La Monarca in Boyle Heights, where they were distributing literature to volunteer door-knockers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ophelia had vague ideas about going into medicine one day, and for now she was working as a volunteer for Eye Care.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Addressing residents, staff and volunteers in Spanish, Leo said disabled people were "not a burden on society" but "a blessing."

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

The first volunteers gathered in the back house of Nithya Raman’s Silver Lake home with little besides a whiteboard counting down the number of days until the June 2 primary election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

The school gymnasium was more chaotic, with voters and volunteers, than it has been in many election moons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Prince William asked whether volunteers should be used more in future and was told the community's efforts, hand in hand with military support, enabled the fire service to focus on bringing the incident under control.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“These are the two volunteers who contacted Mrs. Koong’s granddaughter,” Julio said.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

New York City Chapter, where he volunteered, or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He volunteered for the army after Russia’s 2022 invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"One of them showed symptoms seven days after arriving and was admitted to the Ebola treatment centre," said Bakikula, who volunteered to work at the facility after surviving Ebola herself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

A number of S6 pupils have volunteered to work with Laycock on how best to teach AI to the rest of the school.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Perhaps most surprising is that most commandos were not criminals or delinquents: They volunteered for the special duty.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nabiha, a UC Davis graduate, started the group after volunteering on Bass’ 2022 mayoral campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

At a polling station in Raanana, a city in central Israel, Abir Yaakov Shulman, 16, wore a Likud T-shirt and was volunteering for Netanyahu’s party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

To all the moms and dads volunteering, you’re the unsung heroes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

She took some classes, traveled with friends and eventually began volunteering.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Opportunities to make plans together became virtually nonexistent, and it was in desperation that Harry, Ron, and Hermione took to volunteering to feed the chickens just to escape the overcrowded house.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling