Every community has a heartbeat. Here in the Conejo Valley, that heartbeat is made stronger, steadier, and kinder because of the volunteers who show up—day after day, year after year—to make life better for someone else.
I am fortunate to see volunteerism up close through my work at Senior Concerns, but lately I’ve been reflecting on just how many corners of our community are lifted by the hands and hearts of people who give simply because they care.
You see volunteers in the obvious places—delivering meals, coaching youth sports, shelving books at our libraries, comforting animals at shelters, and lending expertise on nonprofit boards. But they also appear in the quiet places