Volunteering and its Surprising Benefits The Value of Volunteering

Each year on Make a Difference Day, ex-President Jimmy Carter gets out his hammer and saw, and helps to build or rebuild housing in underprivileged areas.  Make a Difference Day What is one thing you could do today to make a difference? Remember it isn't usually the big, grandiose things but the small, almost unnoticeable things. It's the largest national day of community service 100 Ways to Make a Difference in Your Community United Nations Day The History of the United Nations Successes and Failures of the United Nations Interesting facts about the UN Ten reasons why the UN must be abolished Is the UN Effective? National Bologna Day When I was a kid one of my favorite sandwiches was white bread, miracle whip, bologna, and Dorito chips...yum!  ;)  In retrospect?  Ugh!  :) What The Heck Is In Bologna, Anyway? Who remembers this commercial? To twist this day around let's instead focus on Bologna, Italy . Here's some major attracti...

Look Alike Day  (or  Doppelganger ) Do you have a look alike?  Do you want to look like someone else? When I was in High School and had hair down to my waist my classmates thought I looked like these two actresses: Sometimes wanting to be a look alike gets to be creepy and obsessive... Yes, these are REAL (sort of) people . They have both gone through multiple surgeries in their quest to look like Ken and Barbie, both in looks and in body shape.  Disturbing is an understatement. Here is an attempt at being a Justin Bieber look alike .  I say it has been an epic fail but it's still disturbing. It's fine if you happen to look similar to someone known or else but to spend gross amounts of money to attempt to look like someone?  You may need some professional counseling.  I'm just sayin'. Volunteer Recognition Day 7 Ways to Appreciate your Volunteers 6 reasons why volunteering is important (and awesome!) ...

I'm grateful for opportunities to volunteer for a variety of events and people.  I'm grateful because for the time I am engaged in the volunteer activity I am not focused on me.  Let's face it, so much of our time is focused on us.  I'm not saying it's all bad but I don't know about you but I sure do get sick of myself.  I love how volunteering gets me out of head for awhile, how it takes the focus off of me, how it can put my struggles in perspective, and sometimes...just sometimes a fun surprise comes out of volunteering! Like this from my volunteering tonight at the Steven Curtis Chapman concert... In case you are wondering that's Steven Curtis Chapman and I.  ;)   Fun surprise from volunteering at the Show Hope table during his concert that night.