April is National Volunteer Month and the week of April 20th-26th 2025 has been set aside as National Volunteer Week. This year, as in all previous years, we have the opportunity to recognize those within our communities who freely give their time in unpaid work.
National Volunteer Week was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1974 as a way of honoring these amazing volunteers and thanking them for donating their time to charitable causes and to bring attention to services that wouldn’t exist otherwise.
The spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in the U.S. In 2018 the U.S. Department of Labor reports that over 77.3 million people volunteered through an organization at least once. And there are undoubtedly millions more who did volunteer works without doing so through a formal organization.
Mays Mission for the Handicapped has long recognized the importance of volunteers. Since 1997 we have supported a Faith in Action Caregivers Alliance in which we call upon volunteers within our community to provide caregiving and other services to the frail elderly and disabled. This program could not have succeeded without volunteers.
Mays Mission employees have also volunteered to help other organizations thereby helping to foster and support the spirit of volunteerism within our local community.
This April would be a great time to volunteer in your community. Your time is a gift! If you need some ideas on how to help, on Monday Mays Mission employees visited with veterans at a nursing home passing out some of our ‘gift paks’ containing stationary and the residents loved it. We can also provide you with free brochures full of ideas and information like ‘The Spirit of Volunteerism’ and ‘Faith In Action Caregivers Alliance’ at no cost to you. These brochures were produced by employees with disabilities here at Mays Mission who would love for you to have them. Just call us or email us at info@maysmission.org and let us know. Thank you!
