Thank you for helping make this event a big success ! Turtle Creek Service Unit 2010

1. There is a group of living angels,Who give and give each yearThese incredibly gifted peopleAre known as volunteers. Some ask "Why do you do it?""You mean it doesn’t pay a dime?""Why, you’d have to be crazyTo give away all that time!"But volunteers know without a doubtThat kids need to know we careSo if for no other reasonThey come--and give--and share. For the living angelsPractice what they believeThey know its’ always betterTo give -- than it is to receive. A helping hand, a willing heart, sometimes that’s all it takes,A simple gesture on someone’s part, But what a difference it makes. That’s just the kind of gift you gave,on that special day,And we’ll always be glad that you chose to live in such an unselfish way. "I must be crazy, I'm out of my mind," I say this every week before meeting time.Four will show up and eight will not call; I really don't know why I do this at all. We make plans for camp. Two nights and three days.  It takes them an hour to choose grape Kool-Aid! Not worth it, I think. Do they care, I ask?It's just what I need, one more thankless task. Then one of them smiles and rolls out the dough."My mother won't let me bake cookies, you know." We mop up the paint. And I hear from one,"Let's do it again I had so much fun." The first time away in tents in the rainOne hugs me and says "I'm so glad I came." So when I feel low and ask myself "Why?"I try to picture the look in that eye. The grin on that face, that one homemade card -A leader's reward - A little girl's heart. One woman takes her timeAnd knits it into laceAnother takes her extra timeAnd embroiders a pillow case. The lace may wear a year or twoPerhaps go out of style.The colors of embroideries fadein just a little while. But she who ties here extra timeIn lives of lad and lassProduces that which shall endureWhen time and tide shall pass. Thank you for helping make this event a big success!Turtle Creek Service Unit2010