Volunteers
The agency has permanent staff of about 2,000, but relies on more than 15,000 volunteers each year to help provide services for more than 160,000 people. Volunteers come from all faiths, races, and age groups. As tough economic times drive up the demand for services, and government funding decreases, the need for additional volunteers will continue to rise.
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“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)