Walker Information 2001 National Employee Benchmark Study
62% of employees from companies supporting volunteerism recommend their firm as a good place to work compared to only 39% from those at firms not supporting volunteerism.
April 2003
Ministry of Citizenship, Ontario
Volunteerism is a valued tradition in Ontario.
March 2003
President George W. Bush
Volunteers provide friendship and support to young people who are facing challenging situations, serve as positive role models, and help to instill important values, goals, and skills
February 2003
J. Mario Mcleod of Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Ten-thousand young people in Allegheny County are in need of mentors.
January 2003
Bender Management Team
Volunteerism - We believe the greatest way to build character is by helping others; this is not preferred, but expected.
December 2002
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People seem not to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character
November 2002
James Moffatt
A man's treatment of money is the most decisive test of his character - how he makes it and how he spends it.
October 2002
Anonymous
Character, not circumstances, make the man.
September 2002
Anonymous
The happiness of every country depends on the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
August 2002
Helen Keller
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
July 2002
Vince Havner
America was built not by politicians running for something, but by statesmen standing for something.
June 2002
Kurt Vonnegut
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.