Thought of the Week

Week 1:Thought #1 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to help others.

Week 2:Thought #50 for Building a Better Community: "The best way to find yourself... is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Ghandi

Week 3:Thought #27 for Building a Better Community: Use your skills to volunteer virtually by giving free legal advice, typing for the disabled, designing a webpage, etc.

Week 4:Thought #31 for Building a Better Community: "Volunteers don't get paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless." –Anonymous

Week 5:Thought #37 for Building a Better Community: "Your life and mine should be valued not by what we take... but by what we give." - Edgar Allen

Week 6:Thought #35 for Building a Better Community: "Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Week 7:Thought #3 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to find purpose.

Week 8:Thought #16 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to strengthen your networks.

Week 9:Thought #53 for Building a Better Community:"The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements, but rather with the things we do for other people." - Walt Disney

Week 10:Thought #28 for Building a Better Community: Think outside the box. Volunteerism comes in many forms where you can be creative.

Week 11:Thought #48 for Building a Better Community: One day, even one hour of your life could be all it takes to change one life.

Week 12:Thought #17 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to make friends.

Week 13:Thought #42 for Building a Better Community: "The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi

Week 14:Thought #46 for Building a Better Community: "The end of all education should surely be service to others." - Cesar E. Chavez

Week 15:Thought #4 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to enjoy a meaningful conversation.

Week 16:Thought #30 for Building a Better Community: "Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer." –Author Unknown

Week 17:Thought #21 for Building a Better Community: Research the causes or issues important to you and volunteer.

Week 18:Thought #7 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to use your skills in a productive way.

Week 19:Thought #20 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to challenge yourself.

Week 20:Thought #33 for Building a Better Community: "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank.

Week 21:Thought #6 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to contribute to a cause you care about.

Week 22:Thought #15 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to get active.

Week 23:Thought #59 for Building a Better Community: "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve." – Albert Schweitzer

Week 24:Thought #36 for Building a Better Community: "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." -Aesop

Week 25:Thought #40 for Building a Better Community: "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else." - Benjamin Franklin

Week 26:Thought #56 for Building a Better Community: "Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others." - Plato

Week 27:Thought #10 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to explore new interests.

Week 28:Thought #54 for Building a Better Community: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

Week 29:Thought #39 for Building a Better Community: "We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill

Week 30:Thought #58 for Building a Better Community: "I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else." - Patricia Heaton

Week 31:Thought #45 for Building a Better Community: "Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country." - President John F. Kennedy

Week 32:Thought #44 for Building a Better Community: "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve." - Albert Schweitzer

Week 33:Thought #19 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to feel good.

Week 34:Thought #9 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to meet new people.

Week 35:Thought #14 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to get involved.

Week 36:Thought #8 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to develop new skills.

Week 37:Thought #22 for Building a Better Community: Offer your skills and volunteer them.

Week 38:Thought #43 for Building a Better Community: "The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves." - Helen Keller

Week 39:Thought #13 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to expand your horizons.

Week 40:Thought #57 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer opportunities are everywhere. Visit the HandsOn Network at www.handsonnetwork.org to find out how you can help out in your own community.

Week 41:Thought #50 for Building a Better Community: "The best way to find yourself...is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Ghandi.

Week 42:Thought #27 for Building a Better Community: Use your skills to volunteer virtually by giving free legal advice, typing for the disabled, designing a webpage, etc.

Week 43:Thought #31 for Building a Better Community: "Volunteers don't get paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless." - Anonymous

Week 44: Thought #37 for Building a Better Community: "Your life and mine should be valued not by what we take… but by what we give." - Edgar Allen

Week 45: Thought #35 for Building a Better Community: "Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Week 46: Thought #3 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to find purpose

Week 47: Thought #16 for Building a Better Community: Volunteer to strengthen your networks.

Week 48: Thought #53 for Building a Better Community: "The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements, but rather with the things we do for other people." -Walt Disney

Week 49: Thought #28 for Building a Better Community: Think outside the box. Volunteerism comes in many forms where you can be creative.

Week 50: Thought #48 for Building a Better Community: One day, even one hour of your life could be all it takes to change one life.