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volunteers tell their
Stories
Ed Marohn
Counseling vets
Virginia Chavez
Training leaders
T.R. Ellis
Gift-giving
Lacy Smith
Help homeless
G. Greenway
Food bank
Gail Aldrich
Leadership
Arleen Alter
Home building
Sherry Nichols
Hospice care
M. Mathews
Homelessness
Michelle Molloy
Home access
Dave Nelson
Youth mentor
Audrey Hall
Rebuild homes
L. Patricio
Fundraiser
C. Scarborough
Gift-giver
John Solon
Rebuild homes
D. Hammond
Volunteer
Jeffrey Incorvia
DWI awareness
Terri Somerville
Family services
Rosie Lee
Food collection
Lynnette Hefley
Cancer aid
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Background
Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs give their time and talents to make the world a better place. And while changing the lives of others, they are changing their own lives.
Many of these volunteers have powerful stories to tell — stories of courage, humor, trials, triumphs and, above all, inspiration.
AARP's Create the Good arranged the recording sessions. Each of 20 volunteers was interviewed by a person important to the storyteller or by a volunteer interviewer.
The conversations were recorded by StoryCorps, which has collected more than 30,000 interviews and preserved them at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
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