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"At an inner city soup kitchen, a young woman was serving meals to guests. It was her very first day and she was nervous and unsure of how to behave around the poor, the indigent, the homeless people she had never seen before. Coming from a middle class neighborhood, she felt she had nothing in common with them, that she had nothing to offer."
" As one man was moving past her, she noticed that he had missed
his bread portion. She reached out and touched his arm. The man was
old, dishevelled and had his head hung low. When he turned, the young
woman saw that he was crying. Concerned, she asked if she had hurt
him. The man, tears in his eyes replied, "No, you are the first person
who has touched me in more than two years."
--a member of Sisters of St. Joseph, Canada
Submitted by Dianne Stone, Senior and Disabled
Center Director, CT, USA
"Don't just work in the world, work to change it!"
--self
Submitted by Lesley Dunn, Executive Director,
Volunteer Resource Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
"All that we send into the lives of others comes back into
our own"
--Anonymous
Submitted by Dorothy Thompson, SCP Director-The
Salvation Army, NJ, USA
"Where apathy is the master, all men are slaves."
--anonymous
"A candle loses nothing of its light when lighting another."
--Kahlil Gibran
Submitted by Lauren Quaile, Bonner Scholar
-- University of Richmond
Happiness Cake
1 Cup Good Thoughts
1 Cup Consideration for Others
2 Cups Well-Beaten Faults
1 Cup Kind Deeds
3 Cups Forgiveness
Mix thoroughly. Add Tears of Joy, Sorrow and Sympathy. Flavor
with Love and Kindly Service. Fold in 4 Cups of Prayer and Faith.
Blend well. Fold into daily life. Bake well with warmth and
Human Kindness and serve with a Smile, anytime.
--St. Peter Lutheran Church newsletter
Submitted by Kathy Olak, Volunteer Recruitment
Rep.
"Many volunteers are lost due to under-utilization rather than burnout. The secret is to challenge them according to their abilities." --self
Submitted by Lori Hoffert, Manager of Volunteers, Senior Friendship Centers, Florida, USA
"Volunteers don't necessarily have the time, but they have the heart." --Anonymous
Submitted by Wade Rodrigue, , LA, USA
"First, there's the job--where the goal is simply to earn a living and support your family. Then there's the career--where you trace your progress through various appointments and achievements. Finally, there's the calling-- the ideal blend of activity and character that makes work inseparable from life." --Author Robert Bella
Submitted by Marcia Ferris, Program Manager w/ NSSC, Brainerd MN USA
"Put your body where your mouth is." --Sister Mary Clare Fichtner as she received the 2nd annual Paul Simon Community Services Award for her community organizing efforts in Springfield, Illinois, presented by the Illinois Coalition for Community Services.
Submitted by Joe Dunn, Executive Director, Illinois Coalition for Community Services, Springfield, Illinois
“Fund raising must proceed from the inside out. A volunteer gives time, a donor gives money. But a board member has the responsibility to give both.” --David Lansdowne said it well when he wrote “Fund Raising Realities Every Board Member Must Face.”
Submitted by Carolyn Wisniewski, Regional Director, American Heart Association, Delaware, USA
"I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by ... those who ... struggle to make one small difference after another." --Ellen Goodman
Submitted by James Noonan, Volunteer Program Manager, The Horizons Initiative, Boston, MA
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." --Helen Adams Keller
Submitted by Robin McCartha, RSVP of Richland and Lexington Counties, SC/USA
"My adult daughter (an attorney) was assisting me in picking up rubbish on my Adopt-A-Highway strip. We had on the usual brightly colored vest and traffic was pretty heavy. Pausing to reflect, she pondered, "You know, dad, these people probably think we did something verrry wrong!" --Self
Submitted by Ray Rauanheimo, Realtor, Pennsylvania
"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community... and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." --George Bernard Shaw, Irish Playwright
Submitted by Mellisa Ferland, Community Center Building Committee Chair, New Hampshire, USA
"The main quality of leadership..........is courage ! If you can dream it, you can do it!" --Walter Elias Disney
Submitted by Bill Weller, Director, Partners in Self Sufficiency, Clearwater, Florida
"If you are coming over to help me, don't bother. But if you are coming because you believe your liberation is tied to mine, then please join me." --aborigine woman
Submitted by Volunteer Coordinator, Virginia
"I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” --Edward Hale (but frequently attributed to Helen Keller)
Submitted by Amy Charpentier, Stetson University Circle K International President, Stetson University, Florida
"Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful." --Author unknown
Submitted by Lorena Poppe, Program Coordinator, Pride, Inc., North Dakota
"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." - George Eliot, Day by Day Calendar
Submitted by M. Taylor, AmeriCorp *VISTA (Family Empowerment), Oregon
"We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about its width and depth." --Evan Esar
"The measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation." --Peter Marshall
Submitted by Cynthia McClure, Ph.D, Clinical Director, Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Virginia
"I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy, I woke and
I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service
is joy. " -- Rabindranath Tagore
Submitted by Stacey Claire M. Carantit, Volunteer Coordinator - Conestoga View Nursing Home, Lancaster, PA
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