Your Name Is Volunteer
- by Nancy Jo Grim
Your Name Is Volunteer
Your name is love, because you showed me love and compassion when I needed it the most.
Your name is patience, because you took time to listen to me when my stories were long and my heart was heavy.
Your name is kindness, because you used your healing hands to touch my pain and guide me when I was lost.
Your name is mentor, because you taught me the lessons that life cannot teach so soon.
Your name is a volunteer, you are love, patience, kindness, a mentor and so much more…
We celebrate you the volunteer.
Secret (Volunteer) Service
-by Elizabeth Ellis
How to make an impact today!
Open a door for someone
Pick up a piece of paper left on the street
Say “Good Morning” to someone you don’t know
Plug someone else’s meter
Say “thank you” to the mailman
Give the next person in line at the grocery store your leftover coupons
Keep shoveling snow after your sidewalk ends
Truly listen to someone
Say “good job” for a job well done
Recycle
Donate your used clothes and toys
Make a cake for your fellow employees for no reason
Join a committee
Let someone else go first in line
Give your used magazines away
Note good service on your waiter’s ticket
Send a hand written note of thanks to a volunteer for no particular reason
Say “Have a great evening” to the night watchperson
Switch seats with someone on the plane if they’ve been separated by a family member or friend
Print on both sides of the page
Pretend your Monday at work is a Friday!
Refer a potential volunteer to another agency who might better fulfill a volunteer’s interests and passion
Mentor a new volunteer coordinator
Bring your receptionist a treat just because
Wave to children on the bus
Walk, take the bus or ride your bike to work
Learn about a new organization and how they engage volunteers and community
Put flowers on your desk
Don’t “almost” make a difference, do something today!
Volunteers
- by Barbara Armitage
Our city’s problems are many
Solutions seem painfully few
It’s so easy to find yourself wailing
“Where to start; there’s too much to do.”
Yet for one group the answer seems simple
Their direction is always quite clear
They reach out their hands when the need comes
They’re first to volunteer.
The common vision they work for
Encompasses folks one and all
Peace, justice, freedom, and dignity
No matter how helpless or small.
They serve in a myriad of venues
That’s the most essential piece of this pie
No matter how young or how worldly
No matter how educated or spry.
Some help sell the dumplings in August
Some work our correspondance or books
Some keep us apprised of legislation
Some help in the kitchen and cook
They work to keep women off welfare
And so children will have school supplies
They organize home tours and golf games
See the world through the most needy eyes.
Some organize bulbs with pink ribbons
While others drive meals on the go
Some raise our racial conscience
Lend a hand to Help Me Grow
Whether working for Appleseed Project
Fund raising street to street; door to door
They willingly do with a smile
What others might consider a bore
Some serve on the Board—on committees
Schedule classes for young girls and boys
No talent to small or too simple
Each volunteer act increases all joys.
So tonight I acknowledge your efforts
And in your honor proudly raise cheers
May God Bless you one and all
Our Wonderful V O L U N T E E R S !
Gifts of Time
- by Susan Greig
Both night and day
you’ve given of your time
To make this hospital a better place
Every family here has benefited
And your efforts can never be erased
We send this note to tell you
That we are aware and all agree
Your gifts of time–large or small
Are special ones indeed!
Happy New Year Thank You
submitted by Rachel Altemus
We call and we email, we ask for your time
And you give of it so generously, never expecting a dime
Be it raining or snowing or at the last minute, you always come through
This program would be nothing without each of you
We express our thanks, just as often as we can
Please know that we, the Volunteer Services Department, are your biggest fans
You hock balloons and heart tattoos
You bring joy to many patients, who are singing the blues
You provide a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on
You become a familiar face, one families know they can rely on
You provide rides and shopping, which are no small feats
Because no matter what, we all have to eat
You wash windows and clothing, for the caregivers so tired
Walk dogs and play games, help get TVs re-wired
The list could simply go on and on
But it seems only right, that I move this along
So on behalf of Volunteer Services we offer a gift to you, our volunteers Sent with the warmest of wishes for a happy new year
Thank You to Our Parent Volunteers
by Christina Williams
I’m finally going to graduate, the day is almost here.
I learned to count and write this year, because you volunteered.
You shared your love, your time and smile, so I could learn to read.
I can’t believe I like this stuff, who knew that learning could be fun.
I hope you know just how thankful I am, that you took the time to be with me.
I had so much fun this year, I can’t believe that summer’s here.
I got to sing and dance and play, because you gave your time.
I gained so much confidence, because you cheered me on.
Now the time has come sadly, for me to say goodbye.
But your spirit will be with me, forever, all the time.
He Said, She Said
in the Volunteer world
-by Joan Perry
“How can I be of help?” she asked,
“I have a good idea,” he said,
“Here, hold my hand,” she suggested,
“We’ll do it together,” they offered.
“We’ll be right here until it’s done.”
“Let’s do it this way, its more fun!”
“It’s what we’re here for it’s no fuss.”
“Call us back if you should need us.”
“She needs our help, God bless her heart.”
“Oh, I’m just glad to do my part.”
“Walk with me, I’ll show the way.”
“Goodness no, I don’t want pay.”
“You can do it, I’ll show you how.”
“You need it when? I’ll do it now.”
“If you need anything I’m right here.”
“Who am I? A volunteer.”
Explore The Wonder
-by Sandy Cavinee
The mystery of God’s creation unfolds along our way.
Never fully revealed to us, just pieces every day.
The earth, the sky, the oceans hold their secrets but show to man- How
beautiful and mighty are God’s works and plan.
The greatest gift He gave us-to share as here we dwell, are people just like you who know love so well.
And as we “explore the wonder” of what volunteering means, the WONDER is your service-you are the greatest theme!
(I wrote this several years ago and it was made into bookmarks for Volunteer Week-our theme was “Explore The Wonder-Volunteer).
Thursdays
-by Dom Shalalo
What will we do without you
on those quiet Thursday morns?
That workroom where..oh
those books stand so forlorn.
They wait for practised hands, you see
to process them with care
That shifty contact, bubbles
at our merest touch or stare.
But our volunteers have conquered
its wicked wiles and ways
gliding to book corners
it no longer dares to stray.
“Oh work is only work” some say and that may often be!
But to us your work is the work of love, giving so selflessly.
Do We Have As Much Sense As A Goose?
-By Akbar Khan
A flock of geese flying in a formation ‘V’
Much research reveals what you do not see
Each bird in front by flapping its wing
Creates an uplift for the goose following
Flying in ‘V’ formation they change
By 71% plus their flying range
Common direction and a sense of community
Our efforts become quick and easy
If a goose falls out of formation by chance
It feels greater drag and resistance
If we have as much sense as a goose we’ll stay
In formation with those headed our way
When tired the lead goose rotates to the rear
Another taking its place in the air
It pays, while doing hard jobs, to take turns
Thus no one is over burdened or get burns
The geese in the back honk from behind
Encouraging, gentle and kind
We must encourage others as they strive
To meet the daily grind of life
If a goose gets sick and or wounded
If for some reason it gets grounded
Two geese fall out of formation
They keep it company and for protection
Stay with it until it flies or dies
Such are the depths of their ties
If we humans have the sense of a goose
Their way of life is what we’d choose
Based on a write-up “Do we have as much sense as a goose?”
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