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Volunteering at NMCAt NMC, we are fortunate to have over 100 active volunteers who share their time and talents with us to enhance the patient experience at our hospital. Our volunteers can be found throughout our organization providing a variety of functions, based on their individual skills and talents. Our volunteers are truly an important part of our hospital family - we hope you'll read more about volunteering at NMC, and will inquire about sharing your skills with us!
"If you need a new or better reason to volunteer, consider this: It could help you live longer. A study led by Thomas Glass of Harvard's School of Public Health suggests social activities, such as volunteering, play a measurable role in the length of life. Glass and his colleagues followed 2,761 seniors for 13 years to see how exercise and social and productive activities were related to their chances of dying during the study's duration. The researchers concluded those who were most engaged in productive pursuits were 23 percent less likely to die than those who were least involved."
"This is perhaps the strongest circumstantial evidence we've had to date that having a meaningful pursuit at the end of life lengthens life," Glass said."
Excerpt from "Volunteering live longer, feel better," by Donna Murphy as appeared in the Burlington Free Press's "Sixty Plus" column
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