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Volunteering Quotations

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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

Marie Curie

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How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.

James Cash Penney

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To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Carrie Chapman Catt

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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George IV

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The heart of a volunteer is never measured in size, but by the depth of the commitment to make a difference in the lives of others.

DeAnn Hollis

Educate others about important issues #volunteer #changetheworld www.values.com

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Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.

Elizabeth Andrew

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One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

Hannah More

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One value that was sewn into the stitching of our character at a very early age had to do with our responsibility to help others....We were expected to be of assistance to our neighbors... “Being neighborly”... was synonymous with being kind, friendly, and helpful to our neighbors and something that we were encouraged to do on a regular basis through firsthand experience. It was a bit like mandatory community service.

BeNeca Ward

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I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

Edward Everett Hale

Help others and learn about another culture #volunteer #international #humanity www.values.com

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Volunteering is at the very core of being a human. No one has made it through life without someone else’s help.

Heather French Henry

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Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.

Carrie Chapman Catt

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How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

Unknown

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Personal Stories About ‘Volunteering’

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteers Make Homes For Homeless Youth

Submitted by Kerry Williams

Thanks to generous grant support, my organization has built nine units of permanent supportive housing for homeless youth -- the first of their kind in the state of Michigan. Funding came together through a unique public-private partnership to bring them from dreams to reality. The units were complete in August,...

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Helping Others

Submitted by Faith

One year, at cross county Sally past out. I was going to help her, but I was really out of breath. I could not really help her either because I went up to help and the girls that was helping her pushed me out of the way and said no we got this. So I said okay and after that one of my other friends made me fell...

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Re Gifting: Giving Away What We Have Been Given.

Submitted by Todd Owens

Seven years ago, in September of 2004, 16 random people were brought together by a common gift; their ability to sing. That fateful meeting has grown into a volunteer organization that has donated over $16, 000 to charities in their community. Most of us had never met, or were only passing acquaintances. We were...

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Stories About Everyday Heroes Who Portray ‘Volunteering’

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diane wall

Submitted by Daniel Wall

My mom Diane Wall is my hero because she helps me with a lot of things. One time I had to clean my room and sort out my clothes and she helped me. She also helps me with my homework. She also is my hero because she doesn't give up on anything. All the time she is working for hours and hours or almost the whole...

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Jim W

Submitted by Joe

My hero is my dad for a lot of reasons. His intelligence, creativity, and caring personality are what make him my hero. I’ll start with his intelligence. He graduated Aitkin High School in 1984 as one of the biggest rednecks. He then went to a four year college to become a mechanic which is what he still is...

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Stephanie B

Submitted by Rachael N.

Stephanie Busby founded Sunshine Mail Foundation in 2010. With a degree in social work from the University of Maryland and a love for children, Stephanie crafted a mission focused on children in homeless shelters, foster care and hospitals. As a crafter, Ms. Busby had long been making homemade cards and sending...

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Explore Another Value

INGENUITY

STEWARDSHIP

INSPIRATION

DEVOTION

OPTIMISM

FITNESS

RESPONSIBILITY

SOUL

LAUGHTER

WONDER

SPREAD YOUR WINGS

DO YOUR PART

CIVILITY

COMPLIMENTS

RISING ABOVE

KINDNESS

VOLUNTEERING

COMMON GROUND

GRATITUDE

INCLUDING OTHERS

AMBITION

GOOD MANNERS

COURAGE

INCLUSION

HONESTY

PLEASE AND THANK YOU

TRUST

GREAT MUSIC

DRIVE

BELIEVE

PURPOSE

PIONEERING

PREPARATION

SMILE

LEARNING

LOVE

CONNECTING

DETERMINATION

LIVE YOUR DREAMS

LISTENING

HONOR

GENEROSITY

FORESIGHT

OVERCOMING

GOOD EXAMPLES

PERSEVERANCE

PATIENCE

APPRECIATION

SACRIFICE

PEACE

HUMILITY

TEACHING BY EXAMPLE

PARENTING

STRENGTH

REACHING OUT

LEADERSHIP

COMPROMISE

MOTIVATION

RESILIENCY

COMPASSION

GET ALONG

CHARACTER

HARD WORK

INNOVATION

PERSISTENCE

TEAM WORK

CREATIVITY

OPPORTUNITY

COMMITMENT

SERVICE

COURTESY

GRIT

LIVE LIFE

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

TRUE BEAUTY

UNITY

DO THY BEST

MINDFULNESS

SHARING

ACHIEVEMENT

APPRECIATING NATURE

JOY

CHEER

FAMILY

EXCELLENCE

JUSTICE

CLASS AND GRACE

GIVING BACK

PRACTICE

BEING THERE

MENTORING

CARING

VISION

INTEGRITY

CHARITY

SPORTSMANSHIP

HOPE

LITERACY

RESPECT

EDUCATION

EQUALITY

RIGHT CHOICES

IMAGINE

FORGIVENESS

CONFIDENCE

HEALTH

DEDICATION

FRIENDSHIP

LOYALTY

ENCOURAGEMENT

PASSION

HELPING OTHERS

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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COMMENTS

Shelley from Cincinnati, Oh JANUARY 5, 2014
I am not some "bored stay at home Mom"! I work and I volunteer! It is a rewarding expireance to volunteer and it's sad more people don't do it.

Anderson from Colatina-ES, Brasil JULY 22, 2012
All accidents are striking, but one good thing is that people show their best side, solidarity, I see this a lot in my country, voluntarily serve in the churches and our families.

hunter from renfrew APRIL 3, 2012
Volunteering is fun! I love it. I'm going to do it today.

Amelia from paris MARCH 22, 2012
I just love to volunteer ? Don't you?

Bryan K. from San Diego, Ca. FEBRUARY 12, 2012
I became a Boy Scout Leader 4 years ago by accident. To see the boys grow up into good young men is a reward I could never have imagined. I look to this site often for inspiration to pass along. Unconditional giving is what we are all called to do.

Linda from Knoxville Tn OCTOBER 28, 2011
I've been volunteering with a local animal rescue group for 2 1/2 yrs now. I've fostered over 70 cats in my home and it's been the most rewarding and challenging experience of my life.

Himanshu Badjatya from Madhya Pradesh FEBRUARY 14, 2011
When I donated blood for the first time, I was really scared but looking around at other volunteers made my fear vanish.

Ikeazor Anieto from Lagos, Nigeria FEBRUARY 1, 2011
I love this foundation.When i saw their advert on CNN,I Loved it so much and i checked their website.This must be a website from America people.It is so great.for volunteering,there was a day i donated one pint of my blood to health workers for their patients who need blood in their hospitals.many patients need blood due to road traffic accident,complications of childbirth and many other diseases.I was so glad that a donated my blood.It was just a humble service to humanity.I was so glad that i saved lives of others.SO BE GOOD,Donate your blood for the sake of others who need it.

Holly M. from Scotland JANUARY 1, 2011
I've been doing a LOT of Volunteering lately(with young children, teens, adults, ect.) at a Museum, and when the kids' face lights up when you make a doll out of corn husks, or make a cobbler on the open fire, It's priceless!!!

Ikeazor Anieto from Lagos,Nigeria NOVEMBER 2, 2010
I love this foundation. There was a day when I donated one pint of my blood voluntarily to health workers for their hospital patients who need blood.

Chavala, F. from Dar-es-salaam,Tanzania MAY 5, 2010
Sometimes we get information, sometime we don't; Sometime we do right things rightly, sometime we don't;Sometime we travel far, sometime we dwell dormant. No matter how many of those are SOMETIMES; How many times do we do what we do for MANKIND? If you have never thought of living for people, then you better start now before it is too late. This is what other people call Volunteering.

Steve F. from Arizona DECEMBER 28, 2009
What a great idea. I was just praying for something, and I saw your commercial. How can I help?

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