Our Volunteer Team sharing their appreciation!
We couldn’t do what we do without volunteers. They bring the learning to life for our students, and provide invaluable exposure to career paths, experiences and adult life for the students. They help our students create connections from what they are learning in the classroom, to how it will be applied in real life. Volunteers serve as examples of what a student’s future could hold; a future they may have never considered before interacting with a volunteer during JA programming.
More than 15,000 corporate, community, parent and college volunteers helped us serve more than 176,000 students last year across the state. That is an incredible amount of support that we don’t take for granted.
This week we’ve been celebrating the impact of our volunteers by sharing messages of thanks from our staff. We miss seeing our volunteers’ faces in person, and look forward to seeing them again soon!
Check out what our staff has to say here:
During this virtual-heavy time, we reached out via email and phone to our volunteers to express our gratitude. Turns out, many of them miss us just as as much as we miss them!
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This is why YOU all are the best! Your donor and volunteer cultivation is amazing!
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“I would like to thank you guys as well for making my recruiting job easier. One of my biggest tools is word of mouth. My volunteers can’t wait to get back to the office and tell their co-workers about the experience. This is because you guys make it very worthwhile. Everyone loves the JA program and believe it Is an amazing opportunity for students and adults. We are looking forward to things return to some normalize so we can come back and volunteer.”
“It’s great hearing from you and thank you very kindly for your note. It’s a honor and a privilege to serve however I can to provide opportunities for our employees to serve the greater good. Besides that – I have a blast doing this work! 😊”
“I so appreciate you calling to thank me. As you know, I LOVE JA and I wish we would have been able to complete the school year to bring in even more volunteers. I so appreciate and thank all of you as well. I miss you all and can’t wait to see you for the next school year!!”
Our team at the Mike & Lynn Cottrell JA Discovery Center at North Georgia (and some very charming students and pups!) say thank you!