"The textbook definition is voluntary action for public good, which can be donating money; it could be volunteering your time; it could be doing a simple act of kindness, like babysitting for a neighbor's child; it could be those people who are volunteering their time to do social activism in Occupy Wall Street," explains Sal Alaimo.

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