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| Greatest with his adorable great granddaughter |
Below is an article Mr. Bruce wrote for the CoxHealth Volunteer Newsletter. It's also posted on MissDazey's Notes.
NEWSFLASH:
VOLUNTEERS LIVE LONGER
Who
knew? Researchers have now identified a group of people that outlive
their contemporaries because of two things they do. They eat fruit
and veggies and they VOLUNTEER.
For
most volunteers this is hardly news because we already know this as
the truth and some have learned this early in their lives. In my
case this was learned at the age of seven. My family had just moved
into the big city and my Grandmother announced to me that she would
take me to the little Methodist Church nearby where I could learn
how to be a good son. Looking back on this experience, I can now see
that she was my first Director of Volunteer Services ( Sorry
Barbara). Grandmother volunteered me for everything. Lighting the
candles on the altar at every service, singing in the choir, washing
the dishes, dusting off the pews, mowing the church grass. Soon more
time was spent at the church than my time at home. And do not forget
that the eating of fruits and veggies was very popular at the
church. My, how those Methodists love to eat.
This
early volunteer training put me on a path of accepting this as a way
of life that has put me among that group of people who are living
longer. And thanks goes to my Grandmother. By the way, she was a
Practical Nurse.
As
a CoxHealth Volunteer you are aware that more volunteers are needed
and since Non-Profit organizations have increased nearly 60% in the
past few years it has become more difficult to keep up with this
need. You can do your part by spreading the word about living longer
as a volunteer and inviting new ones to the CoxHealth Volunteer
Office. The door is open to a longer and more rewarding life.
