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There are days in any volunteer or nonprofit employee’s life when frustration, pessimism, or hopelessness strikes. Below are some answers to the heavy question “Why bother?” I hope these quotes motivate you, revitalize your dedication, and help you remember what it’s all about. If you are ready to help us with your time, click here to go to our Volunteer application. If you would like to help, but don't have the time, we would appreciate any contribution you can make.

Love America! But love her wisely. Work hard to cure her faults, the mistakes under which she labors. Work to bring her closer to the ideal that is the real America. Do not leave her to be ruled by a few who make it their business and profit to rule. She is yours.
The time is always right to do what is right.

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

We don’t know who we are until we see what we can do.
-- Martha Grimes

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.
-- Tommy Lasorda

Service is not a chore. Service is a privilege.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

-- Mother Theresa

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.
-- Woodrow Wilson

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?
-- Jean de La Bruyère

The secret of success is the constancy of purpose.
There are times when silence has the loudest voice.

-- Leroy Brownlow

Few wishes come true by themselves.
-- June Smith

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Mother Teresa



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