Volunteering

The essence of volunteerism is not giving part of a surplus one
doesn't need, but giving part of one's self. Such giving is more
than a duty of the heart, but a way people help themselves by
satisfying the deeper spiritual needs that represent the best that
is in us.

- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend


Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You
don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to
make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a
heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

- Martin Luther King, Jr, 1929 - 1968


Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth
who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience,
and just plain love for one another.

- Erma Louise Bombeck, 1927 - 1996


No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many
services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.

- Ronald Reagan, 1911 - 2004