A word of appreciation

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of the wonderful volunteers who have given their time to serve with Hospitals of Hope.

The guest house in Bolivia has been busy for the last several weeks, as volunteers from Wichita, other parts of the U.S., and even Canada have been serving at the hospital. They have taken care of patients, participated in "street kid washings," and done manual labor on the hospital grounds. If you haven't seen the new volunteer pictures on our Flickr group yet, check them out at http://www.flickr.com/groups/hospitalsofhope/.

The international volunteers aren't the only ones we owe thanks, though. We have great local and "virtual" volunteers, as well. Our local volunteers come in and help us here at the office and warehouse, doing everything from office work to mowing the lawn. Our virtual volunteers complete tasks at home on their own schedules and email their results back to us, greatly reducing our workload. One virtual volunteer has worked for us for over 80 hours in the last month!

Our volunteers are vital to the work we do here, enabling us to do far more to serve the poor around the world than our 3-person staff could handle on our own. We couldn't do it without all of you!