►
From YouTube: NewsMakers: 2012 Volunteer Celebration.
Description
NewsMakers attends Arlington's annual Volunteer Appreciation Celebration where volunteers from all walks of life are honored for their contributions to our community. Each year, 5,000 Arlington volunteers donate over 400,000 hours of service for a net taxpayer savings of $7.5 million.
A
B
Are
more
than
5,000
individuals,
men,
women
and
children
who
volunteer
annually
in
arlington,
county
government
programs
and
nearly
400,000
hours
of
volunteer
service
were
given
over
the
last
year,
the
monetary
value
of
that
is
7.5
million
each
year.
It's
a
lots
more
than
a
penny
on
the
tax
rate.
I
just
happen
to
know
that
right.
C
I'm,
an
observer,
I
love
watching
the
kind
of
anticipating
things
and
one
of
the
things
I'm
most
intrigued
with
is
is
a
while
ago
we
started
asking
an
entire
generation
of
young
people
to
do
service.
You
know
literally
the
three
high
schools
in
this
county
and
all
the
public
schools.
To
a
certain
extent,
we've
raised
an
entire
generation
doing
service.
You
know
what
I'm
kind
of
what
does
it
look
like
you
know.
What
does
it
look
like?
What
does
the
place?
Look
like
after
that?
You
know
it's
funny.
C
We've
never
really
thought
about
it
as
a
country.
What
does
it
mean
to
ask
an
entire
generation
to
grow
up
and
I
got
to
tell
you
I
think
it
looks
like
arlington
virginia.
That's
what
I'm
thinking
on
this.
This
there's
just
something
about
this
county
that
it
exudes,
even
though
it's
it's
it
takes
on
a
lot
of
the
trappings
of
a
big
city.
Managers
feels
like
a
tight
local
community.
C
It
just
feels
like
people
walk
down
the
street
and
smile
at
you
here,
and
a
lot
of
it
is
because
I
just
think
that
there's
a
culture
that
I
hope
it's
something
that
will
be
mirrored
throughout
America
I
mean
I'll,
be
honest
with
you
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
This
is
the
biggest
this
generation
coming
up.
You
know:
there's
there's
literally
90
million
people
under
25
in
America,
right
90,.
C
People,
the
most
diverse
generation
ever
in
the
history
of
America,
the
most
technologically
advanced,
but
the
only
generation
raised
doin
servants,
and
it's
going
to
be
so
interesting
to
watch
to
see
how
this
generation
makes
manifest
what
they
learn
working
in
nonprofits.
All
these
years
or
making
the
county
a
cleaner,
safer
place
to
work,
raise
a
family.
We.
E
Have
a
school
which
we
visit
regularly
and
a
grade
level
that
we
visit
regularly
and
so
on
a
day,
that's
appointed
by
the
staff
we
go
and
tell
stories
and
the
Welcome
we
get
from
the
students
is
just
heartwarming.
You
can
go
in
weary
bone
weary
and
you
come
out
just
infused
with
energy.
It's
an
absolutely
wonderful
experience.
I
had.
D
A
friend
who's
actually
in
the
department
I'm
at
and
he
was
used
to
be
my
roommate,
so
he
knows
the
kind
of
mentality
I
am
and
how
her
work
ethic
and
he's
he
said.
You'll
like
this,
do
it
and
you
you
won't
regret
it
as
soon
as
I
started
training
with
doing
through
the
program
he
wasn't
relying.
It
was
the
best
experience.
I've
ever
had
my
life,
so
there's
nothing
like
it.
I'm
training
for
a
job
pretty
much,
and
it
was
the
best
job.
I
network,
homelessness.
F
So
when
I
heard
about
the
hundred
homes
campaign
coming
to
Arlington,
I
thought,
there's
not
going
to
be
another
opportunity
to
be
involved
at
this
level
and,
as
with
most
service
opportunities,
I
may
have
given
up
three
nights
of
sleep
in
my
life,
which
is
nothing
you
know,
I
can
sleep
a
lot
the
rest
of
my
life.
What
I
got
back
changed
me
formed
me.
I
met
neighbors
that
I
didn't
know.
I
had
so.
B
Those
are
highlighted
volunteers.
There
are
many
many
many
stories
in
this
room
today.
Other
experiences
and
other
people,
who've
stepped
up
to
the
plate,
brought
their
energy
and
their
ideas
and
their
creativity
to
making
Arlington
this
great
place
and,
as
I
said,
we
are
so
very
grateful
that
you
each
decided
to
get
involved
in
this
way.
That's.