volunteers
They offer freely
Volunteers are people who offer their services without pay.
Someone volunteers by stepping forward willingly: She volunteered to help at the food bank.
The word implies choice rather than obligation or compensation.
To volunteer information is to offer it without being asked: He volunteered that he'd seen them together.
Volunteer also works as an adjective: a volunteer army, volunteer firefighters.
Generous giving for others
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
humanitarianism · kindness · selflessness · goodwill · empathy · giving · care · donation
Residential area nearby
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- networkInterconnected system
- collectiveJointly organized group
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
fellowship · solidarity · engagement · involvement · partnership · coalition · congregation · local
Easing of distress
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- Red CrossInternational emergency relief organization
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
first responder · evacuation · rebuilding · recovery · crisis · humanitarian aid · supplies · sandbagging
Pleading for a cause
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
rally · march · petition · boycott · civil disobedience · awareness · social justice · human rights
Act of registering
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
onboarding · application · screening · placement · coordinator · roster · scheduling · retention
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- charityVoluntary aid for others
compassion · humanitarianism · kindness · selflessness · goodwill · empathy · giving · care · donation · goodwill ambassador
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- networkInterconnected system
- collectiveJointly organized group
grassroots · fellowship · solidarity · engagement · involvement · partnership · coalition · congregation · local · civic
relief
Easing of distress
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- Red CrossInternational emergency relief organization
search and rescue · first responder · evacuation · rebuilding · recovery · crisis · humanitarian aid · supplies · sandbagging · firefighting
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
demonstration · rally · march · petition · boycott · civil disobedience · awareness · social justice · human rights · environmentalism
sign-up
Act of registering
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
training · onboarding · application · screening · placement · coordinator · roster · scheduling · retention · recognition
helper
One who aids another
collaborator · partner · contributor · mentor · tutor · docent · usher · marshal · steward · first aider
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- disaster responsedisaster relief, search and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
volunteersconscripts
Compulsory military personnel
draftees · forced laborers · inductees · compelled · slaves
volunteersprofessionals
Skilled, paid practitioners
employees · wage earners · contractors · mercenaries · hired hands
- volunteer workFreely given service
- volunteer trainingPreparing unpaid helpers
- volunteer corpsOrganized group of unpaid workers
- I volunteerUnprompted offer of service
- volunteer firefightersUnpaid emergency responders to blazes
- volunteer fire departmentNon-professional community firefighting unit