I would second this interpretation. When I lived in Germany I wanted to do some volunteer work and read up on the possibilities. A local explained to me, "Offe

I would second this interpretation. When I lived in Germany I wanted to do some volunteer work and read up on the possibilities. A local explained to me, "Offering to volunteer at the library or a school sounds as strange to a German as someone in the US offering to volunteer with street sweeping, or with the IRS. That's the job of the government. That's what taxes are for."