LITTLE ROCK — When deciding where and how to lend a helping hand, it’s important to identify your interests, skills and the issues you are passionate about. Or consider the “AAA” approach: aid, action, and advocacy.

Nina Roofe, assistant vice president of family and consumer sciences for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said she began volunteering as a teenager as a candy striper at a local hospital and later in community service projects as part of her school’s home economics club.

“These experiences compelled me to step out of my comfort zone, acquire new skills, and meet people I would not have met otherwise,” Roofe said. “Volunteering allows you to be in a setting where you are not expected to already ‘know everything.’

“You can try new things and gain kno

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