Mark Snyder Shares the Benefits of Volunteering in Fortune Well Article
Mark Snyder, faculty, was quoted in a Fortune Well article on the benefits of volunteering. Snyder mentions that volunteering “not only brings a sense of purpose, new skills, social connection, and a wider perspective on life, but also health benefits.” The combination of these health benefits with a work environment that supports volunteering and other forms of community engagement can create highly valued and powerful experiences of volunteering. “It’s a message that the employer cares enough about the community to invest in the community through providing ways for their volunteers to do good.”
Mark Snyder, PhD, McKnight Presidential Chair in Psychology, and Director of the Center for the Study of the Individual and Society, in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota.
Composed by Madison Stromberg, communications assistant.
