We at Global Expert Systems, the hosts of the Caribbean Work Life Balance Trade Show 2013, support volunteerism. Here are a few small acts that we can think of. 1. Offer to help a senior citizen in your neighborhood who is less able. 2. Mentor a young child preparing for exams. 3. Practice random acts of kindness: a. Offer someone a ride b. Help keep the neighborhood tidy c. Prepare a meal d. Donate all the “things” and “clothes” you no longer use e. Give away the extra fruits from your fruit tree Remember there’s always someone less fortunate that you are.

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3. Turtle Beach’s David Hobbs (left) and O’Neale Sealy (right) took part in the beach cleanup recently. “These are sections of the
beach that are in the vicinity of the property and other areas of Dover Beach, which are used by locals as well as our guests, and
so we want to ensure that they are clean and inviting for anyone who frequents the areas.”
Source: http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2013/03/11/coastal-clean-up-2/

4. CIBC FirstCaribbean's Unsung Heroes programme has become the flagship for volunteerism in
the Caribbean.
Sources: http://www.cibcfcib.com/index.php?page=unsung-heroes
http://www.cibcfcib.com/uploads/pdf/Unsung-Heroes/Unsung-lHeroes-Book.pdf

5. “I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know:
the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who
have sought and found how to serve.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965);
Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

6. The Clean Up Barbados is an annual event that is organized and implemented by the Future
Centre Trust. Beginning in 2009, the event is linked to the Clean Up The World event. The
initiative seeks to bring attention to the open spaces, beaches, gullies and roads of the
island, to encourage public awareness to the reduction of littering and dumping that occurs in
Barbados. Groups and individuals are invited to clean an area in need of attention. Source:
http://www.bhta.org/index/environment/bhta-environmental-activities.html

7. Stuck amid beach vegetation and garbage was this chair that
Johnathan Clarke hauled away from Barclays Park. (Heather-Lynn
Evanson)
“…more than 100 volunteers who braved the showers still managed
to rid the island of approximately 4 500 pounds of garbage…”Source:
http://www.nationnews.com/index.php?print/index/19159

8. The week after Hurricane Ivan pounded Grenada, the Living Water
Community sent its first team to the island to take emergency food, water clothing
and construction materials, and to assess the damage. In those first days when the
island was slowly shaking itself, it was tough going for the team to get around the
island and the people who were only just realizing the extent of the destruction.
Source: http://livingwatercommunity.com/LWC%20in%20GND.htm

10. Tap into the power of giving

11. Volunteer to keep our country clean!
Facts: Non-volunteers say that they are more likely to serve if a trusted friend asks them to serve.
Source: http://www.uwgnh.org/volunteer/10-over-10/10-facts-about-volunteering

12. Source: http://drjimnicolai.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Gift_Of_Silence.jpg
Give yourself the gift of silence!

13. Visit - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Barbados-Vagrants-Homeless-Society-BVHS/134385583320829

14. Instruction about Giving
1"Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father
who is in heaven. 2"So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 3"But when you give
to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,…

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