Employers encourage their workers to volunteer for a good cause.
Colleges seek out students with meaningful volunteer experience. Even Presidents Ford, Carter, Bush and Clinton have joined Gen. Colin Powell to ask Americans to volunteer their time in order to help children. When Tropical Storm Floyd hit Somerset County in New Jersey last fall, flooding forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Almost 100 animals were taken to Zdeb's five-acre property, where for a few days the pets were treated then returned to their owners. So you have this gap that needs to be filled.