Volunteers…

You share your time day after day

You show you care in everyway

Helping those in need through dedication

We thank you for being…   The Heart of Our Great Nation!

10 self –Esteem building affirmations for volunteers

And say these affirmations to yourself every day.
Positive self-talk helps build self-esteem and reduce stress.

1. I am proud to be a volunteer. 
2. By helping others, I make the world a better place.
3. Volunteering allows me to show my good character, skills, and dedication.
4. Volunteering provides an invaluable service to the community.
5. My time in as a special and unique gift that is my pleasure to give.
6. I know what I give will come back to me and many beautiful and unexpected ways.
7. Volunteering is a great way for me to give thanks for my own good fortune.
8. By helping others, I make new friends and experience a rate for filling activity.
9. One of life’s greatest pleasures comes from helping others.  Finally, I know that I make a positive difference in people’s lives and that makes all my work worthwhile.

VOLUNTEERS ARE SPECIAL!
VOLUNTEER
V is for the vigor that you bring
O is for the opportunity to know you
L is for your life you share
U is for the unconditional love you have
N is for the nurturing you give
T is for the time you don’t have
E is for the excitement you bring
E is for the energy you have
R is for the reason you are a volunteer
Jolita Dorsett, Volunteer Coordinator

VOLUNTEER
V is for the victories you’ve taught us how to win.
O is for the opportunity of giving us a helping friend.
L is for the labor and love you render so unselfishly.
U is for the understanding you know and feel we need.
N is for the times that you have never let us down. 
T is for the truthfulness you bring into our lives.
E is for the exceptional way you do the things you do.
E is for the excellence in your going beyond our expectations.
R is for remembering just how lucky we are to have you.
Tina Hamilton, Hamilton County, Juvenile Court, OH

Quotable Quotes

“There are spaces between our fingers so that other person’s fingers can fill them in.”
(Bits & Pieces, Sample Issue, p.14)

“We cannot do great things, only small things with great love.”
(Mother Teresa - Roman Catholic missionary and noble peace prize winner)

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a difference, ignore the small daily difference is we can make which, over time, and up to big difference is that we often and cannot foresee.”
(Marian Wright Edelman, American lawyer and social activist)

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
(Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu nationalist leader and social reformer)

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just said the heart.
(Elizabeth Andrew)

“Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth; the only way to help yourself is to help others.”  (Ethel Hubbard, American writer and publisher)

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”  (Oscar Wilde)

“The purpose of life is not to be happy-but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make a difference that you have lived at all.” ( Leo Rosten)

“God has not called us to see through each other, but to see each other through.” 
(Author Unknown)

“You give little when you give of your possessions.  It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”  (Khalil Gibran)

“Every body can be great because everybody can serve.  You don’t have to have a college degree to serve.  You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agreed to serve.  You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve.  You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.  (Dr. Martin L, King, Jr.)

“Everyone has the potential to give something back.”  Diana, Princess of Wales

“The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give.”  (Orison Swett Marden, founder of Success Magazine and inspirational writer)

“I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.”  (Margaret Mead, American anthropologist)

There are 30 reasons why we appreciate each of you and the work you do for Food Assistance.  It is because you are:

Valuable is the work you do.
Outstanding is how you always come through.
Loyal, sincere and full of good cheer,
Untiring in your efforts throughout the year...
Notable are the contributions you make.
Trustworthy in every project you take.
Eager to reach your every goal.
Effective in the way you fulfilled your role.
Ready with a smile like the shining star,
Special and wonderful-that’s what you are.

Courtesy of Points of Light Foundation, in honor of Volunteer Week
Submitted by a Sandra Zygarlicke, Director, Ronald McDonald House, Marshfield, WI

To Our Volunteers
By Lisa Ellinwood

V is for the Very special people that you are
O is for the Overwhleming support & compassion you offer others during their time of need
L is for the Little things you do that make such a difference in someone’s life
U is for the Unspoken words that sometimes mean just as much
N is for the Need you fill when others aren’t able
T is for the Time you give of yourselves on top of your own busy schedule
E is for the Emotional support you continually give
E is also for the Endless energy you all seem to possess
R is for the Responsibility you have taken on & never once complained
S is for the Smiles you bring to our staff and others by just being you