i volunteer in my spare time.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain \"to benefit another person, group or organization\". Volunteering is also renowned for skill development and is often intended to promote goodness or to improve human quality of life. Volunteering may have positive benefits for the volunteer as well as for the person or community served. It is also intended to make contacts for possible employment. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster. The verb was first recorded in 1755. It was derived from the noun \"volunteer\", in C.1600, \"one who offers himself for military service,\" from the Middle French \"voluntaire\". In the non-military sense, the word was first recorded during the 1630s. The word \"volunteering\" has more recent usage\u2014still predominantly military\u2014coinciding with the phrase \"community service\". In a military context, a volunteer army is a military body whose soldiers chose to enter service, as opposed to having been conscripted. Such volunteers do not work \"for free\" and are given regular pay.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love volunteering in my spare time! It not only benefits the community but myself!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Me too. What are some causes you contribute to?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I mostly volunteer for the local animal shelter and Humane society!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you have to have any special training to volunteer there?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No, not at all! I actually started volunteering because I love animals and am looking to make contacts for possible employment. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's awesome! Do you know how many Americans volunteer each year?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not sure, but I think it is a lot because there are so many different areas to volunteer such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue"}, {"role": "user", "content": "What are some examples of the activities you do while volunteering?"}]