The nickname for the University of Tennessee: Knoxville. Name is taken from the nickname of the state of Tennessee, which is the Volunteer State. Tennessee obtained this nickname when an unprecedented amount of volunteers came from Tennessee to fight in the Mexican/American War.
Commonly shortened to "Vols"
Commonly shortened to "Vols"
by JTHNASH July 01, 2009
by Thin White Duke November 09, 2016
by Brade-steed January 23, 2018
1)The act of giving of yourself to help others. Often followed by a rush of happiness at knowing you've made a difference, but sometimes frustration occurs at going unappreciated or unacknowledged.
However, many people volunteer tirelessly anyway, not wanting or needing any validation or applause for what they do.
2)What many high school students are forced into doing in order to graduate. (In many schools you must log a certain number of volunteer hours to recieve your diploma.)
However, many people volunteer tirelessly anyway, not wanting or needing any validation or applause for what they do.
2)What many high school students are forced into doing in order to graduate. (In many schools you must log a certain number of volunteer hours to recieve your diploma.)
1)-"Where were you Saturday?"
-"I was volunteering... tutoring little kids in math."
-"Wasn't it lame?"
-"Not really. They even sorta looked up to me. It was cool."
-"Okay then..."
2) She was volunteering at the library every weekend to log enough community service hours to graduate.
-"I was volunteering... tutoring little kids in math."
-"Wasn't it lame?"
-"Not really. They even sorta looked up to me. It was cool."
-"Okay then..."
2) She was volunteering at the library every weekend to log enough community service hours to graduate.
by andriod5 October 04, 2005
Attorney: if you don't want to go on probation, you had better get your 24 hours of volunteering done. I recommend seniors and the latino employment fair.
by CAMOBLACKICEXXXXX September 08, 2009
by ScottG April 11, 2007
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