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candy striper |
a teenage female volunteer at a hospital. |
come forward |
to present oneself to the police or other authority and offer evidence, or to offer oneself as a volunteer for a task. |
crossing guard |
a school official, police officer, or volunteer who directs traffic and helps children to cross the streets around a school. |
enlist |
to volunteer or sign up to serve, as in the military or in some cause. [1/2 definitions] |
firefighter |
someone who works to put out fires, either for pay or as a volunteer. |
Junior League |
in the United States, an association of women of high economic and social status who do volunteer work in the local community. |
offer |
to express a willingness to do something; volunteer. [1/14 definitions] |
roughrider |
(cap.) a member of a volunteer cavalry regiment organized by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood in the Spanish-American War. [1/2 definitions] |
serve |
to help (people) as part of one's job or as a volunteer. [1/4 definitions] |
staff1 |
to provide with a group of paid or volunteer employees. [1/9 definitions] |
volunteer |
of or having to do with a volunteer or volunteers. [1/3 definitions] |
WAVES |
acronym of "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service." |
wwoofer |
a person who works on a volunteer basis on an organic farm and who receives food and shelter on the farm by the owner in exchange for the labor provided. |
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