Volunteers...why do you do it?
 

My wife is a very active volunteer. She participates in the various children's ministry teams at our Church (we have younger - pre Highschool kids) and she also is the chairwoman/coordinator of a program, also at our Church, that deals with homeless people.

I really admire her passion, and frankly I lack the same passion - at least for these things. I like to think these just aren't my things to do. When I help her, I do so gladly because she is my wife, but outside of that for the programs themselves I don't have a lot of interest.

So that got me to thinking. What about you. Do you volunteer? Where? And more importantly why? What is it that drives your passion?

For church things it's what he ..... ok ok (she) would want and the Son of God JC Thats as politically correct as I can put it

I volunteer as an advocate for children in the dependency court system. I do it to give them a voice.

I volunteer with the Boy Scouts because the program promotes and develops teamwork, community involvement, and self-discipline in the boys. Our guys are all inner city boys, and really enjoy getting away from the asphalt and concrete and into the woods.

I do quite a bit of volunteer work ... at church; as part of a fraternal organization devoted to charitable works; working at a soup kitchen in Peoria sometimes; and, to collecting all kinds of things for Appalachia and countries in need around the world. (We've sent things to Guatamala; Columbia; Kenya and Togo in Africa; and, to Russia.) I was blessed to make it to retirement and so I'm using part of my time to help others. No fancy reason, just seems like the right thing to do. :boink:

Yeah, I do a lot of volunteer work for a number of different organizations. Why do I do this?

Because I am a self-described nucking futcase.