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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My view as a parent is that you should suck it up and be useful to society even if you don’t feel like it. I never feel like spending time in a warehouse. I have a genuine interest in sleeping in on the weekends. But I sign myself up to package goods or sort donations anyway.  [/quote]

I am useful to society by obeying the law, having a job, paying taxes, raising my kids properly, etc. The idea that I have any other obligation to go do things I don't want to do "to be useful to society" is preposterous.[/quote]

There's always a core of the community that volunteers and gets everything done.  And it's usually the same people contributing across several organizations.

Most of the community uses services in the community community and  maybe participates in things offered by the community but does not actively contribute to the helping these organizations operate and run.  This is the always the way it happens from what I have seen.   So even if you're not one of the people that contributes, let's at least celebrate and appreciate the people that volunteer so much time and energy to the community.[/quote]

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