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f - + <br /> • - 20% needed more volunteers with particular ethnic or cultural <br /> backgrounds <br /> - 55% have a need for volunteers weekdays <br /> - 41% have a need for volunteers evenings and 36% weekend days <br /> - 40% indicated their most pressing concern was a shortage of <br /> volunteers <br /> - 17% were concerned about a lack of recognition for volunteer <br /> accomplishments <br /> Selected Quotes <br /> "A volunteer is a person who can see; who can feel what most do not <br /> feel . Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as <br /> volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: <br /> partners in civilization. " <br /> - President George Bush <br /> "The volunteer spirit is still alive and well in America. " <br /> - President Ronald Reagan <br /> "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for <br /> you; ask what you can do for your country. " <br /> - President John Fitzgerald Kennedy <br /> "The voluntary association of free men and women in organizations <br /> • of their own choosing for mutually beneficial objectives lies at <br /> the heart of our democratic society. " <br /> - AFL-CIO Convention, 1969 <br /> "Volunteerism is not only beneficial to society, it is absolutely <br /> essential - in fact, it is our best hope for the future. " <br /> - George Gallup, Jr. Vice Chairman, The Gallup Organization <br /> "One of the sectors has money, one has power, and we have <br /> people. . . . The money and the power can't do much without the <br /> people. " <br /> - Sydney J. Harris, Journalist <br /> "Volunteerism is the price of freedom. To be free we must <br /> individually refuse to take without giving, and through voluntary <br /> caring and sharing, blend our individual good with the needs of <br /> others and the public good, thus improving the common welfare. " <br /> - George Romney, Chairman <br /> VOLUNTEER: The National Center <br /> "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when <br /> you give of yourself that you truly give. " <br /> Kahlil Gibran <br /> • <br /> 3 <br />