{"id":5152,"date":"2026-02-02T11:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bliachicago.org\/en-us\/?page_id=5152"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:18:20","slug":"volunteer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ibpschicago.org\/en-us\/volunteer","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5152\" class=\"elementor elementor-5152\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212dfdd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"212dfdd6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ae257c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"13ae257c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657534c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"657534c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780d5f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"780d5f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Origin of Volunteer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f44208 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57f44208\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4977a8fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4977a8fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5365\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333b7351 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"333b7351\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537421c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"537421c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Being a volunteer does not mean one lacks ability; rather, it means one is willing to dedicate their talents\u3000\nto the service of others.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0d42cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f0d42cb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8cbbdb 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growth.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49789559 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49789559\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64015fe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64015fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibpschicago.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/03_\u670d\u52d9\u5c31\u662f\u4fee\u884c-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5366\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8b6e1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e8b6e1f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-184d5adb 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