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Hands Up
The raised hand that appears on the sidebar of this website symbolises the spirit of volunteers and the act of volunteering in New Zealand.
There is no such thing as a typical volunteer – volunteering is not limited by gender, ethnicity, age or interest. Instead, the single action that unifies volunteers is that they have put their hands up to offer their services, their time and themselves in a wide range of community settings. In doing so, they are extending a helping hand to meet a community need that may otherwise go unsupported.
At the same time, the raised hand symbolizes that volunteers are also, perhaps unwittingly, accepting some accountability for their actions and for the organisation that they serve.
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