Many of the office's regular volunteers already are working this summer on projects that were scheduled a year in advance. Kay Voth knows firsthand the value of volunteer labor. For four years, she has been involved in relief efforts in Albany, Ga., which was hit by floods in 1994 and 1998. She coordinates the Albany United Methodist Flood Relief Center and has worked with nearly 100,000 volunteers of many faiths. Volunteer teams of four to 25 people are preferable, but some locations will take individual volunteers, Hamilton said.
Some placements are immediate, and others require more lead time.
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