April is recognized as National Volunteer Month and is dedicated to honoring all volunteers across the nation. From bagging items at a food pantry to spending a Saturday cleaning up a public park, volunteers make a difference in their communities, and we thank them for giving back.
The word volunteer is defined as someone who freely takes part in an enterprise or handles a task. With such a broad definition, the term applies to the thousands of ways people give back every day. A great example of this is the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Foster Grandparent Program.
Through the Foster Grandparent Program, income-eligible Texans ages 55 and older mentor children and youth at elementary schools, Head Start programs, child care centers and juvenile justice facilities, along with boys and girls clubs, libraries and summer camps. Their commitment to the program and the children and youth they serve is unwavering, and their impact can last a lifetime, spanning generations.
