Introduction
Greg Baldwin
President, VolunteerMatch
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
—William James
Democracies are made possible by the rights of free speech and assembly, but they are made great by those who use these freedoms as an opportunity to make a difference. If you are one of those people, or want to be one of those people, this book is for you.
Don't worry—this isn't going to be a book about the importance of volunteering, or a patronizing analysis of why people don't do it enough. It won't be a book about why volunteers are so often taken for granted or why the people who lead them don't always get the respect they deserve. This isn't a book about what volunteering has been—it's about what it can become.
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