I think everyone should be *required* to give their time to some organization and volunteer, or their tax rates go up!

Seriously...I've pulled back from a few of my organizations a bit because of travel (for instance, for the first time in 7 years I did NOT teach Junior Achievement this year). But it bothers me because I know often times the work simply does not get done.

For instance, LAST year 40% of the classrooms in Columbus who wanted to do JA did not have a teacher volunteer. That's just sad!

I've moved on to more "transient" activities like helping with food lines, and an occasional mentor or public speaking night at Ohio State. I've also spent some time helping people with resumes........and while cleaning out my closets (and Mr. Osuche's) we managed to donate 10 trash bags worth of clothes, shoes, toiletries, linens, food, etc recently and I took them to a shelter. It's not the same....I miss my old activities...but it's better than nothing.

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