{"id":53002,"date":"2016-07-20T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/53002\/what-not-to-do-when-volunteering\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:05:36","slug":"what-not-to-do-when-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2016\/07\/20\/what-not-to-do-when-volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"What not to do when volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Don&#8217;t post charity selfies<\/h2>\n<p>Why: It&#8217;s not about you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/Selfie.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114763\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/Selfie.gif\" alt=\"Selfie\" width=\"308\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t be a one- day- stand<\/h2>\n<p>Why: \u00a0If you&#8217;re considering\u00a0volunteering for a charity organisation, think it through. Do something that interests you or that you could be passionate about. Consider following up as this will have more value in the long run.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/bye-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114764\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/bye-2.gif\" alt=\"bye 2\" width=\"367\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t wear inappropriate clothing<\/h2>\n<p>Why: It just doesn&#8217;t make sense to wear your designer jacket or heels when going to volunteer. Wearing clothes that won&#8217;t allow you to get down and dirty will hold you back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/model-falling.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114770\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/model-falling.gif\" alt=\"model falling\" width=\"357\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t judge a book by its cover<\/h2>\n<p>Why : You should research the organisation you have offered your time to. Many people assume that they know what different charities need instead of asking the organisation directly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/judging.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114766\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/judging.gif\" alt=\"judging\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t be a know it all<\/h2>\n<p>Why: Having done a day of charity work doesn&#8217;t make you a social worker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/The-Best.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114767\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/The-Best.gif\" alt=\"The Best\" width=\"355\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping those in need shouldn&#8217;t happen once a year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7663,"featured_media":53003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2704,2681],"tags":[2763,5319],"class_list":["post-53002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-charity","tag-volunteering"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["charity","Volunteering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}