Volunteering: Selfless service at its best.
Many of us have had an opportunity to volunteer our service or time to something we feel is worthy of our investment. Even though volunteering comes in various forms, the impression it leaves on the helped is usually that of gratitude.
The Colorado Black Health Collaborative (CBHC) has engaged in a lot of activities over the past year, and we can’t help but attribute most, if not all, of our success to the selfless service of our volunteers. You are the threads that make up the fabric of our existence and we appreciate your contributions to making our communities stronger and healthier. From the 100 watt smiles at our information tables, to the men and women who keep our occasions active with onsite fitness classes, and the various line dance instructors, medical professionals who come out to impart us with healthy wisdom, our seniors who come to support our cause by just showing up, the people who keep our website running, and the many students who volunteer with us, we say a big thank you.
There is none least nor greatest among us. We have all served in various capacities and we do not take for granted any effort you have made to insure that our endeavors are successful. We are one big family and we are very proud of what we have accomplished so far by the hands of our volunteers. Here are a few things we can attribute to our volunteers this past year:
- We had thousands of volunteer hours contributed to our organization in 2015.
- Our barbershop outreach, which is one of our most successful means of reaching black folks in the Denver metro area is run primarily by volunteers and we were able to reach over 1000 black folks through our monthly outreaches.
- Volunteers are contributing to our FLOW campaign.
- We had updates to our websites with contributions from writers in different fields and specialties, volunteering their time.
- We had volunteers represent us and man our booths at various health fairs and conferences.
- Our CBHC committees are also composed of volunteers who do the background work and planning of our programs.
See! You have accomplished a lot by contributing one way or another to all of these activities. As the saying goes, “alone we can do so little and together we can do so much” – Helen Keller. We should be proud of ourselves and never see our most trivial acts of benevolence as insignificant. What more can I say? Thank you all for your service!
Yours truly,
Kike Oduba, Volunteer for the CHBC Board of Directors