does traveling time count as volunteering time?

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If I travel everyday for 1 hours to get to a hospital to volunteer and travel 1 hour back home. Does that 2 hour of traveling count as volunteer?

 

[xanthomondo]

If I travel everyday for 1 hours to get to a hospital to volunteer and travel 1 hour back home. Does that 2 hour of traveling count as volunteer?

lol wow thats really trying to get the most hours out of an activity

while youre at it, why dont u include the time showering, getting changed before and after volunteering, etc as part of the volunteering too

 

[modernistic]

I'm pretty sure that that doesn't count as volunteering. When you start volunteering you usually have to sign in, and that's when the clock starts. I don't see how travelling is giving back to the public in any way, which is really the point isn't it? Sure it is part of the process, but that's all it is.

 

[glamqueen]

I drive an hour to school every day...does that count extra too? Sorry, but no - you chose to volunteer there, so you have to suck up how long it takes you to get there. It wouldn't be fair to those who happen to live next door to it if you got to claim it.

 

[lizz1702]

when I volunteer with the hospice they always tell us to include travel time in our logbooks. but those records are also for their benefit (state funding or something like that requires volunteers at the hospice)...

that said, it gives me an additional 1/2 hour total on my hours per session, not 2 hours.

 

[The Doctor]

haha, I thought you were talking about time travelling at first...

 

[jace's mom]

My hospital counts travel time in with my volunteer hours. I don't record the travel time; they give some standard allotment to everyone.

 

[fastfingers]

oh. The 2 hours is actually hypothetical. The place I'm considering is around a total of 40 min travel time.

I only ask this because somebody told me travel time is included, but guess from what I get from responses that it really depends on the hospital.

 

[trichomoniasis]

while youre at it, why dont u include the time showering

only if you're "helping others" while you shower, and if so, kudos 😎

 

[ssquared]

only if you're "helping others" while you shower, and if so, kudos 😎

I wanna learn how to save the world while shampooing my hair!

 

[TheRealMD]

And this is why adcoms don't really pay attention to the number of hours someone's volunteered.

 

[xanthomondo]

And this is why adcoms don't really pay attention to the number of hours someone's volunteered.

that's untrue, i was berated multiple times for ommitting the hours on one of my activities at different interviews

 

[sonofschmilsson]

I wanna learn how to save the world while shampooing my hair!

conserve water when lathering by turning off the faucet. then, when the water is on, keep a bucket in the shower to catch some water that would've gone down the drain. try to keep soap, pubes, etc. out of there. now bottle and mail this water to an area afflicted by drought