Did you know an estimated 6.1 million Aussie adults volunteer a total of 713 million hours each year. That's an amazing amount of good being done by people who just want to give back. Next week is National Volunteer Week when we honour all of those people. But you don't have to be an adult to get involved. Take a look.

TEACHER RESOURCE (yr 5-7 Civics & Citizenship)
"Students will investigate the benefits of volunteering to the volunteer and the organisation."
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/t...

BTN STORY PAGE
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4452...