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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who serves on the board of the educational non-profit that has mostly retirees on the Board and as officers.  All of these stories about youth sports also resonates with me as well.  As a younger Board member, I'm stuck between a desire of wanting to make an impact and be involved with the organization, but also having a full time job and family commitments.  The older members who have the extra time express frustration that not everyone has the same time to dedicate to the cause that they do, but they also love the fact that there's young blood in our organization.

At the end of the day, I have to remind myself, that no matter what the role is in these volunteer organizations, at the end of the day, we're all volunteers, and we're doing so much more than most of our members who simply pay their dues and expect the world from us.

It seems that volunteer organizations everywhere are suffering from this lack of volunteers with time and bandwidth, but when they do get Board members and volunteers they often get push so hard about volunteering and not doing enough that they end up burning out.[/quote]

I agree with your second paragraph.  I would think that organizations that rely on volunteer efforts would be grateful for anyone who is willing to volunteer time, but to the contrary, it seems that in many cases they simply start to overburden these people and ultimately cause them to burn out and leave.  Anything that you are a volunteer for should be something that helps others and give you a pleasant experience as well.  We all have our paid jobs, so why make yourself miserable with something that you are doing entirely out of goodwill and generosity?[/quote]

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