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Happiness is thinking of myself; joy is thinking of others.
-- An auxiliary bishop in my city used this saying in a presentation
he was making. He said he heard it "from a friend".
Submitted by Raymond
Your attitude determines your altitude!
-- author unknown
Submitted by Cicely at cwhetstone@ben.edu
I've learned that it is impossible to accomplish anything
without the help of other people.
-- taken from Live and Learn Pass It On, by H. Jackson
Brown
Submitted by nmwashburn@aol.com, President of Gulilford County DOVIA. "I use volunteers in my job to work with disabled clients."
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing
to do yourself.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt, from the Random Acts of Kindness 1998
Calendar
Submitted by Nan Hawthorne at hawthorne@cybervpm.com, "Dean" of the Volunteer Program Management Mini-university and CyberVPM
Go out and do something for somebody. Go out and give something
to somebody. It will take you away from yourself and make you
happy.
-- Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905)
When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never
disappoint or embarrass.
-- Bel Kaufman (c. 1914-)
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
-- Chinese Proverb
Taken from the "Giving is Caring" Calendar with Philanthropic Gifts and submitted by Lynne Ferrell at tlf@smrw.com Each person is an individual - treat them with respect - wonderful differences can be made!
He/she who has never fallen knows no heights.
This messages reminds previous clients of an organization that
their experiences can be valuable in contributing to someone
else's recovery.
Submitted by Sabrina Mathusz at mathusz.sabrina@sympatico.ca , previous volunteer coordinator at a halfway house for male adult ex-offenders.
"We are all bozos on this bus."
-- Fireside Theatre
Submitted by Vickie Corbett at uwac@cvn.net , Vice President of Everything (including the Volunteer Center) at United Way of Adams County, Gettysburg, PA
I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized,
I am somebody.
-- source unknown
Submitted by Leslie Krona at LeslieMinn@aol.com. This is my favorite volunteerism quote, I wish I knew where it originated.
When people forget themselves, they usually do things others
remember.
-- James Coco (1929-1987)
He who is helping to row the boat has neither the time nor
the desire to rock it.
---unknown
There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges
that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances
to meet.
-- William f. Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959)
Submitted by KA Felker at felkerka@crossnet.org
Professionalism is a frame of mind, not a paycheck.
---- Captain Cecil Castle, Emergency Medical Services Coordinator,
Knowles Fire Department, a totally volunteer Fire/EMS Organization
--- Lea County, New Mexico.
Submitted by Chief John Farmer at cawest@hobbs.net I have been a volunteer firefighter for 18 years, 13 of which has been administrative.
"If you want to change the world, be that change."
---Ghandi
Submitted by Jane Fleishman at Oasisyldev@aol.com "I direct 4 youth volunteer programs at Oasis Center in Nashville, TN.
The best way to get something done is to find people who
don't know it can't be done and do it.
---Alma Williams, volunteer activist, working to rebuild distressed
Phoenix neighborhoods. Contact her at anactivist@aol.com
"Would like to hear from people working with diverse
ages/cultures --how to get cooperation?"
Whatever you can do, or dream you can... begin it. Boldness
has genius, power, and magic in it.
--Goethe
Submitted by Joe Copeland at joec@ambucs.com "We lead a community action group called AMBUCS... creating opportunity and independence for people with disabilities."
...some things we will own forever -- the memory of the
just, the remembrance of a good act, the good remembrance of
someone fair...this will never be taken from us...this we will
never give away.
--Inspired by a Mexican Nahuatl Indian song
Submitted by Randi Nordeen at gsivc@intrepid.net , Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers offers non-medical companion support to elderly, disabled, and homebound in Jefferson County, WV.
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the
earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring,
patience, and just plain loving one another.
--Erma Brombeck
Submitted by Suzanne Fain at CatFanci@aol.com
A volunteer is like a rare gem. When placed in the right setting and cared for, they will shine and give pleasure to all who see them.
Submitted by Marianne Bourgault, Volunteer Coordinator, Perkins Branch Library at mbourgau.cwmarsmail.cwmars.org She says "Our job as Volunteer Coordinators is to find that 'setting' and help the volunteer reach their full potential. No one said it was an easy task, but when it works, everyone reaps the rewards."
Children must have at least one person who believes in them.
It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It
could be you. You never know when a little love, a little support
will plant a small seed of hope.
-- Marian Wright Edelman "The Measure of Our Success"
Submitted by C. Davis, Post Falls School District Mentoring Program, Post Falls, Idaho
If your ship doesn't come in. Swim out to it
-Jonathan Winters
Submitted by Paul Goebel at paul.goebel@mhmr.state.tx.us. "Provide support to a statewide system of community relations offices supervising volunteer programs within the mental health and mental retardation field."
Volunteers are not paid because they are worthless, but
because they are priceless.
--Does anyone know the source of this quote and if it is quoted
correctly?
Submitted by Nancy M. Donielson, aaofaz@extremezone.com
Do all you can for everyone who deserves your help. Don't
tell your neighbor to come back tomorrow, if you can help today.
--Proverbs 3:27, 28 CEV
Submitted by Jose R. Ruiz, Coordinator of Volunteers at the Sun City Library, Sun City, AZ, jruiz@americanbible.org
"Charity," Mr. Hilton told his foundation board
in his will, "is a supreme virtue, and the great channel
through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind."
-The New York Times, June 16, 1986.
Submitted by North Grueskin, midstep@avalon.net
The debt that each generation owes to the past, it must
pay to the future.
-- Abigail Scott Dunaway, Oregon pioneer and activist who led
the campaign for womens' right to vote in Oregon.
From what we get, we can make a living. What we give, however,
makes a life.
--Arthur Ashe (paraphrased from Winston Churchill - "We
make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we
give.")
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up
is what makes it permanent.
-- Marilyn Von Savant
Submitted by Carol Freed, carol@suncolors.com "I've spent 25 years volunteering in the schools of our 3 sons, their church youth group and a few community groups. Those efforts have made life exciting and provided many great friends and memories."
Reach for the stars. You might not get them, but you won't wind up with a handful of mud either!
Submitted by Linda Gray-Mitchell, Newberg School District Volunteer Services and Community Resource Coordinator
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