 |  | THE GOOD NEIGHBOR TOOL KIT: WHY VOLUNTEER? cont. | | ||
|  Why Volunteer? Getting Started Improving Your Community Improving Yourself as a Volunteer Fundraising Working with Volunteers More Resources Directory: Links to Charitable Organizations | Good Neighbors Share Why They Volunteer "Service work is the most selfish thing you can do. It opens your life to so much magic."--2000 Good Neighbor Award winner Gil Gillenwater, Rancho Feliz, who supports orphans, elderly and poor in a Mexican border town "I feel like I've done three things right in my life: my son, my daughter and Christmas Angels. I feel like God's hand is on my head when I do this."--2000 Good Neighbor Award winner Linda Booker, Christmas Angels, whose holiday program gave 25,000 gifts last year "Volunteering keeps me centered and gives me a more realistic view of the world. I couldn't imagine a life without it."--2000 Good Neighbor Award winner Jill Rich, American Red Cross, a disaster relief volunteer and homeless advocate "It gives me a great feeling of pride to compare the way things are today to the way I remember things were in West Gate Estates [Florida] when I was a child. I'm proud to be part of making a difference. Today we're blessed with potable water, sewerage, paved streets, sidewalks and streetlights."--2000 Good Neighbor Award winner Joe Pitts, who has been pivotal in bringing much-needed funds to his blighted hometown. “When I lay down each night, I truly know I’ve made a difference. I know at least one of those kids wouldn’t have made it without me.”--2000 Good Neighbor Award winner Oral Lee Brown, who adopted a classroom of inner-city children and made sure they’d have the opportunity to attend college. Questions to Ask Yourself > | |||