Friday, April 11, 2014

Happy National Volunteer Week (April 6-12)

Happy National Volunteer week!

I would like to express a heartfelt "Thank you" to those who volunteered and gave back to the community. 

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Well Being in 2013, http://www.gallup.com/poll/166250/americans-practice-charitable-giving-volunteerism.aspx 83% of Americans donated to charity in the past year and 65% volunteered.

Not only is volunteering and giving back to the community the right thing to do, it also brought a sense of happiness to those who gave. One of my favorite Sir Winston Churchill quotes truly summarizes the benefit of giving "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

In commemoration  with National Volunteer week from April 6-12, I would like to repost a blog post that I wrote back  in November 2013, about giving the gift of volunterism during the holidays /2013/11/are-you-starting-your-holiday-shopping.html. You can actually give the gift of volunteerism anytime, anywhere, and on any occasion.

Happy National Volunteer Week and Have a great weekend!


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