Oregon Thanksgiving Day Run

Family volunteering strengthens families and strengthens our community. When you decide to become a family volunteer, you are not only contributing to an important cause, but you are also helping your family and children in ways you never thought possible. Here is a sample of benefits your family and your community can achieve through family volunteering.

* Children are able to develop compassion and an understanding for others. Not only will involving children in the decision-making process and volunteer activity help them feel appreciated and respected, but the volunteer activity will also enable them to acquire new skills.

* Parents can help others while spending more time with their kids, passing on important values, and sharing meaningful conversations in a positive environment.

* Nonprofits are often understaffed and overstressed and need additional help. Family volunteering helps them broaden their outreach to the community while improving community image and relations — 97% of social service agencies that involved families found it to be very effective. Depending on their interests, family volunteers may want to help many types of non-profits, including the homeless, the sick and disabled, the elderly, children, animals, and the environment.

* Society benefits from family volunteering, as it is a natural multiplier of volunteers. Studies show that children who volunteer are much more likely to continue as adults and carry on the tradition with their own children.

http://www.thevolunteerfamily.org/Volunteers/How/Benefits.aspx

We believe “strongly in families giving back to their community by volunteering their time and making donations.  Families can make a difference without it necessarily being a big financial or time commitment.

Set an example for your kids by demonstrating different ways to give, through donating toys and clothes or by helping serve meals during the holidays.  By doing things like these, you will be teaching your children empathy and compassion.”

You may not be able to help the whole world, but you can make a difference in your own community.   –Elizabeth P. Carter

Here are the ways you can join us in helping needy Oregon families this Thanksgiving:

1) Register for the 5k or 10k Thanksgiving Day Run in Sherwood, Oregon.

2) Participate in our online auction coming in November.

3) Spread the message by becoming a fan on Facebook or following us on Twitter.

#10. This may be your only break
from the in-laws all day.
#9.   Basting? What’s basting?
#8.   You are determined not to wear
your Stretchy Pants this year.
#7.   Best excuse you could come up
with to get out of kitchen duty.
#6.   It could burn enough calories to
cover at least the mashed
potatoes & gravy.
#5.   You know you won’t be doing
anything physical after your
tryptophan-induced
Thanksgiving coma.
#4.   Reduces the guilt of the 7,100
calories most people consume
on Thanksgiving.
#3.   If you run fast enough you can
still make the 9:30 am NFL kick
off.
#2.   Nothing says I’m a true
Oregonian like a November run
in the rain…

#1.   Because it’s a good thing to do!