In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a (1)......volunteer..... According to the US government statistics, about one-fifth of the American (2)........population....... does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and (3).....helping...... one another since the early days of the country. Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to (4)........do.......... it. They (5)....enjoy.... it! Traditional volunteer activities include (6).......raising....... money for people in need, cooking and (7).......giving........ food, doing general labour (such as clean-up (8)........project....... and home repair), providing transportation ( such as giving rides to give the (9) ..........elderly.........), and tutoring/ (10)..........mentoring........ young people