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Old Fri Jul 28, 2006, 03:40pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
One of these days you will realize that there are more things to life than sports. I would rather give back to educational concerns and helping poor people than umpiring or officiating a youth league as a volunteer activity.

Peace
Youth sports and programs are educational concerns in our societies. The lessons the kids learn through these programs (perhaps baseball), are just as important as "other" educational concerns. I volunteer alot of my time to the Local Boys and Girls Club coaching youth basketball. Yes it is time spent away from my family or my job, but I consider it just as important.

I am not shoving volunteerism down people's throats, all I'm saying is that we are all members of our respective community, and should seek to better it in anyway possible, which may or may not include volunteering.