Lesson 2: Citizen Participation
Handout 1

Definitions

  1. service: work done for others; friendly help

  2. time: continuous period during which something happens or takes place

  3. talent: characteristic aptitudes, skills and abilities of a person

  4. treasure: accumulated wealth

  5. common good: the total wealth shared by a whole group of people

  6. volunteer: one who offers himself for a service of his own free will

  7. volunteerism: the ongoing, willing performance of acts of service without pay

  8. philanthropy: giving one’s time, talent or treasure for the sake of others or the for the common good