CHARACTER COUNTS!

Volunteering teaches the basic values of

Character Counts! curriculum called the Six Pillars of Character: 

Trustworthiness

Respect

Responsibility

Fairness

Caring

Citizenship

Quotes on Volunteering from Points of Light Foundation Website:

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." --Aesop 

Tennessee - The Volunteer State

According to TN History for Kids.org "Tennessee first earned the nickname "Volunteer State" in 1812.  When war broke out between the United States and Britain, 2,000 Tennesseans volunteered to fight under the command of Tennessee Militia General Andrew Jackson.  A generation later, the U.S. Secretary of War requested 2,800 infantry men to fight a war against Mexico.  Thirty thousand men volunteered." 

I believe that history of volunteering still stands true today for our great State of Tennessee!

Excerpt from:  Yourth Volunteers Make a Difference in Community and World by Gwenda Anthony, senior writer at The Jackson Sun

"A recent study commissioned by the Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program indicates that nearly half of teens and youth volunteer because it makes them feel good."

Time Tested Beauty Tips

Written by Sam Levenson

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anybody.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.  The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, bu true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.  It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!