Everyone volunteers for different reasons. Choices of what organization or what service you will fill, is suited to them. From the perspective of TAF’s Board Chair, Judy Chynoweth, there are two motivations. You can do something that is new and fun or do something you know you do well. “I like to have a comfort level. As chair of TAF running and orchestrating a meeting that gets results is something I am skilled at doing. It gives me both pleasure to do and a purpose.”

“As a child you do what you can or what is assigned. As an adult, you can do so much more because you have years of experience. Why wouldn’t you share that,” says Judy. She suggests for those interested in volunteering to look at what you know how to do, ask yourself if those skills could serve a purpose and then step-up and apply it where there is a need.