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The Best Kind

Ed Freeman / blood-bank poster

On a blood-bank poster that read “Be a volunteer Blood Donor,” someone had printed, “That’s the best kind.” The addition is almost too simple. Willingness expressed is not the same as willingness enacted. The best kind of volunteer is the one whose name appears on the schedule and whose presence appears in the room.

How you’d preach it

Light and true. The best volunteer is the one who actually shows up.

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