“OK, ladies, we need to pick a volunteer program for the year,” I said to the Girl Scout troop. I heard a sigh. “What?” I asked, “Is there a problem? Not only is this a good thing to do, it looks good on your college application.”
“Yeah, we know,” one girl spoke up, “but, I don’t really like volunteering. We do a lot of work and we don’t see how it’s helping anyone.”
I looked around the room and saw the girls nodding. Most of our volunteering had to do with helping those who were anonymous. We collected food for the food bank, clothes for the needy, pet food and toys for the needy at Christmas. They did the work but did not see the result for the protection of the family in need, so we don’t get to see the result of her hard work. They was not getting the satisfaction of a job well done. How could I argue with that? This year we tried things differently.
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