volunteers

With vaccinations, an army of gray volunteers is coming

By Thomas Reese — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — With older people being vaccinated first, they will be free to volunteer for meaningful work while younger people are still at risk.

As wildfires rage, California town rallies for material, spiritual help

By Yonat Shimron — August 20, 2018
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Even if the fires are mostly contained, with about 1,600 structures, mostly homes, consumed, the community will rely on churches, parachurch organizations and individuals to lead the way.

Before flooding Louisiana with ‘help,’ read this

By Ed Stetzer — August 16, 2016
(RNS) You need to resist the urge to self-deploy or to send resources, at least for the moment.

After the Ferguson protests, church volunteers pick up the pieces

By Lilly Fowler — August 14, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) Carrying brooms and large garbage bags, volunteers collected whatever they could find: rubber bullets, broken glass, liquor bottles, tear gas grenades.
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