Volunteering Virtuoso Gifts

"This one's for volunteering for field trips. This one's for planning the class holiday parties. . ."

"Be kind"

His family thought he'd been wasting his life, but Steve Wiebe was about to prove everyone wrong.

"We need volunteers for the car chasing fundraiser."

Honest Vending

'Put a tick under 'very toxic'.' (New Orleans Toxic Clean-Up Team).

"I'm in nonprofit work for the money."

'He has a big heart. . . inviting his homeless friends in to stay dry.'

Meanwhile, in Florida: Little Free Library/Little Free Firearms

Handle With Care

Achiever: An illustration of how many thoughts she can have in a split second, while still listening to him.

"I have special needs-- good food, warm bed, fresh water, and plenty of room to pop wheelies!"

"I'm afraid you have a condition called 'googly-eyes'."

Gymnasts falling off the winners pedestal.

"Hey, there's Sara, padding her college-entrance résumé!"

'Whoa! This was supposed to be an easy merit badge!'

'For five years you can't get a single politician to take any notice of you...and then half a dozen turn up at once!'

'Apparently it's part of the evolutionary process!'

"We can't actually pay you, but your work will get a lot of exposure."

"Tia Carmen, if times are tough, how come you're giving money away?"

"In times like these we all have to pull together, to work flexibly. We need to operate outside of our traditional roles for the greater good."

"Would you like something you're under qualified for, or something you're overqualified for?"

'She knew we'd try to talk her-out of it.'

Boy scout replaces Atlas during Bob-a-Job Week.

'I thought it might help you get your mind off things. It's a story of hope and survival. Nothing at all like your story.'

'The other kids at school say I might need glasses, Dad.'

Cares and woes.

"Office of quality assurance"

Social Worker

'This is all without rhyme or reason.'

"After spending thirty years creating models of early universe formation, I began to suspect that my work didn't make a shred of difference."

More people working in Voluntary sector than 2010.

Thank you

Interning in D.C. Volunteering in Seattle. Trekking in Nepal. Lucky ducks! I'm stuck here working 2 jobs! Wow! You're getting paid?!! Who knew? Employment is this summer's must-have status symbol. Some parents envy you.

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