Federal employees are volunteers in schools, churches, hospitals, and hospices. They serve in their community homeless shelters, recreation programs, and charities. Federal employees serve as emergency medical technicians, museum docents, scout leaders, soccer coaches, and volunteer umpires. Federal employees apply their varied skills to the needs and problems their communities face. They work at refurbishing homes, reclaiming polluted rivers, and rehabilitating peoples' lives.
Federal employees are mentors, tutors, and fund-raisers.
Volunteers from Federal agencies provide transportation to the sick and elderly, put out fires, teach computer skills, and save lives. The Tennessee Valley Authority listed more than 75 different examples of what its employees do for their communities. Each department and agency reported support for the President's call for renewing our commitment to service in our communities. Overwhelmingly, departments and agencies called upon Federal employees to contribute even more. From all indications, we can be confident they will respond to the President's request, just as they have in the past.