VOLUNTEER

On a blood-bank poster which read: "Be a volunteer Blood Donor," somebody had printed, "That's the best kind." 

Ed Freeman, quoted by Herb Cain in the San Francisco Chronicle.

It's always easier to volunteer someone else than to help out yourself. After Mt. St. Helens blew up in May, 1980, 4th Church needed cleaning up. Ash was in the parking lot and all over the inside because of open windows. A woman met me in the hallway on Friday and asked "Why don't the High School and College kids come in and help poor Fred clean this place up? Let's get them involved." I asked, "Would you be willing to get some women together to cook lunch for us?" "Well, we'd planned to go to the lake tomorrow to work on the cabin cleanup, and I don't know when we'll be back..." (They did come back and helped with the cleanup the next day.)

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