by Lorna Catrambone | 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...
by Lorna Catrambone | Dec 1, 2022 | How We Help
On this International Volunteer Day, Threads of Life joins volunteer driven organizations across theglobe to recognize and honour the contribution of volunteers and celebrate the theme of solidaritythrough volunteering.Solidarity suggests unity or agreement,...
by Lorna Catrambone | 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...
by Lorna Catrambone | 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...
by Lorna Catrambone | Dec 3, 2021 | Volunteers
December 5 is International Volunteer Day, a day coordinated by United Nations Volunteers to honour, recognize and promote the tireless work of volunteers across the globe. The theme of International Volunteer Day 2021 is “Volunteer Now For Our Common Future”. It is...