Volunteers provide mission-critical support

Volunteers provide mission-critical support

by | Dec 5, 2023 | Volunteers

As we close in on the end of 2023, our 20th anniversary year, and on International Volunteer Day, on December 5, we think of our volunteers, who have been the driving force of Threads of Life for all those 20 years, and who we want to recognize not just on certain...
Volunteering Weaves us Together

Volunteering Weaves us Together

by | Apr 20, 2023 | Volunteers

The theme for 2023 National Volunteer Week is Volunteering Weaves us Together. It’s a time to celebrate individual and collective actions that create strong, vibrant, and interconnected communities.  The theme for 2023 National Volunteer Week brought to mind the idea...
VOLUNTEER PROFILE: Eugene Gutierrez

VOLUNTEER PROFILE: Eugene Gutierrez

by | Nov 17, 2022 | Volunteers

In 2017, Eugene Gutierrez and his family experienced an unimaginable tragedy when Eugene’s father Eulogio “Bot” Gutierrez, a veteran mining survey technician, on the verge of retirement, died after being struck by a piece of mobile equipment in an underground...
Volunteering – Empathy in Action

Volunteering – Empathy in Action

by | Apr 21, 2022 | Volunteers

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand how people feel, see things from their point of view and imagine yourself in their position. While empathy isn’t officially one of Threads of Life’s core values, it certainly is an integral part of what drives the...