Volunteering
Briefly describe the overall goal of your PSA: Volunteering
Your overall goal should either involve bringing awareness to an issue or promoting a change in behavior.
Briefly describe the target audience for your PSA.
Your audience should guide the creation of your PSA. Think about who they are (age, interests, opinions, influences, etc.), what they expect, what they know and understand, what they don’t know and understand, and how to convince them.
Write a paragraph that explains and details the current situation regarding your topic. Include at least 1 fact from a source.
Write a paragraph that explains why it is important for people to know about this topic. Include at least 1 fact from a source.
Project Requirements
o Topic appropriate for a PSA
o PSA goal
o PSA specified audience
o Summary of the current situation of your topic for your PSA
o Explanation of validity of solution or behavior promoted in PSA
o Explanation of why people need to understand the issue
o List of sources
o List of facts
o PSA video
Sample Solution
The overall goal of this PSA is to bring awareness to the importance of volunteering and its benefits. The target audience for this PSA are teenagers, young adults, and middle-aged adults who have not yet been exposed to the concept of volunteering or are unfamiliar with why it matters in a broader context.
Volunteering can encompass a variety of activities such as working at a soup kitchen helping feed those in need, walking dogs at an animal shelter, or teaching classes at a community center. It has become increasingly important in today’s society for individuals to do their part in making sure that all members within their communities are taken care of and have access to resources needed for success. According to Volunteering Australia’s report (2020), over 6 million Australians participate in volunteer work annually contributing over 1 billion hours of unpaid labor within their individual communities. Research conducted by Civic Ventures (2002) suggests that volunteering has physical health benefits from reducing stress levels to increasing life expectancy, mental health benefits from having an increased sense purpose in life to improving problem-solving skills, social benefits from building meaningful relationships with people outside one's immediate circle and career advancement opportunities when seeking new job roles and positions.
It is essential for people to understand the impact they can make on others through volunteerism even if it may be small gestures such as picking up litter off the street or donating food items/clothing items when possible– these small acts still matter because they continue generating understanding between different members within a larger community. Furthermore, understanding why it is important helps emphasize how interconnected we all actually are by highlighting our shared responsibility towards each other hence why it should be encouraged amongst younger generations so that they too can take part into making positive impacts through their own actions regardless how small they may seem initially while also developing stronger bonds with members beyond ones self ultimately creating safer more inclusive environments across multiple platforms online & offline as well .
Sources:
Civic Ventures (2002). “Benefits For Those Who Volunteer". Retrieved From https://civicventures.org/volunteer-benefits/#:~:text=Satisfaction%20and%20contentment&text=Research%20shows%20that%20volunteers%20feel.,emotional%2C%20intellectual%2C %26spiritual
Volunteering Australia Report 2020). "State Of Volunteering 2019". Retrieved From https://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/VA_StateOfVolunt_ExecSummaryWeb_Dec19_Final-1-.pdf