Ok, ok...so this was from December, 2011, but we didn't have a blog then. The interview with our own Executive Director, Ginny Schrag, is still as great of a read as it was then. Some of my favorite parts...
We have between 1,500 and 2,000 volunteers each year and they do 99% of our direct service work. We couldn't do it without volunteers.
I think that with the economic downturn, a lot of people started deciding more seriously where their money should go when they wanted to give to charities, and have started to give to basic needs. I can't say that it is going to continue, but so far we've been blessed.