freepb.org - Volunteering is a Family Affair

The idea of a family outing often includes a trip to a relative's house or a dinner out for a special occasion. On especially warm summer days, may families opt for the cool solace of the movie theatre, instead of the sweltering summer heat. Picture a Pacific Beach family changing the way they approach family outings and protecting the beach communities of Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, and Ocean Beach that are so dear to their heart.

Both mother and father work long in a factory during the week. The father supervises the bending machines and other equipment on the factory floor. His wife works in accounting and handles the company's finances. Both mother and father might agree that when their girls, ages nine and twelve, asked them to volunteer to clean up the beaches on the weekend they would be somewhat reluctant to give up their precious family time.

But this hypothetical family might find that precious family time one weekend a month picking up cans and trash on one of the many local beaches. Sometimes they might work with other volunteers, but often it's just the family of four. The girls are even starting to save their earnings from their weekend trash pickup missions and are hoping to use the money to take the family out to dinner at the end of the month.

The youngest member of the family likes to crush the cans down at the end of the day, and after spending some quality time with Dad can even refers to the metal benders used in her father's production line. The family might even manage to get out of town guests and family members to help them on the beach, occasionally offering the bribe of a post-pickup beach picnic.

The family might notice that even though it is often difficult to get up early in the morning, generally the day the family sleeps in, spending a good part of the day walking in the sand and helping out is well worth the sacrifice.

Dad is happy to be away from his metal bending machines and picking up bent metal cans, and volunteering makes you feel good. Families are discovering that volunteering together makes you feel even better. The late Doctor Marin Luther King Junior said it best when he noted: "Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."


"Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty." -- Wendell Phillips Join freepb.org Join your Town Council Beach Alcohol Task Force News Mission Statement Letters & Articles Contact Us Links & Local Contacts Partners/Sponsors Volunteer Opportunities		Volunteering is a Family Affair The idea of a family outing often includes a trip to a relative's house or a dinner out for a special occasion. On especially warm summer days, may families opt for the cool solace of the movie theatre, instead of the sweltering summer heat. Picture a Pacific Beach family changing the way they approach family outings and protecting the beach communities of Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, and Ocean Beach that are so dear to their heart. Both mother and father work long in a factory during the week. The father supervises the bending machines and other equipment on the factory floor. His wife works in accounting and handles the company's finances. Both mother and father might agree that when their girls, ages nine and twelve, asked them to volunteer to clean up the beaches on the weekend they would be somewhat reluctant to give up their precious family time. But this hypothetical family might find that precious family time one weekend a month picking up cans and trash on one of the many local beaches. Sometimes they might work with other volunteers, but often it's just the family of four. The girls are even starting to save their earnings from their weekend trash pickup missions and are hoping to use the money to take the family out to dinner at the end of the month. The youngest member of the family likes to crush the cans down at the end of the day, and after spending some quality time with Dad can even refers to the metal benders used in her father's production line. The family might even manage to get out of town guests and family members to help them on the beach, occasionally offering the bribe of a post-pickup beach picnic. The family might notice that even though it is often difficult to get up early in the morning, generally the day the family sleeps in, spending a good part of the day walking in the sand and helping out is well worth the sacrifice. Dad is happy to be away from his metal bending machines and picking up bent metal cans, and volunteering makes you feel good. Families are discovering that volunteering together makes you feel even better. The late Doctor Marin Luther King Junior said it best when he noted: "Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."