Volunteers: The driving force behind community events

One of the barriers to successful events is relying on "the same 10 people" to see them through. Groups and individuals must identify barriers to growth, according to organizers of a volunteer workshop on Wednesday evening.

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March 23, 2023 - 3:04 PM

Dan Carroll, Thrive’s communications director, speaks at a volunteer workshop on Wednesday evening in Moran. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.”

— Dr. Seuss

MORAN — More often than not, the driving force behind pretty much every successful community event is a volunteer.

“A lot of these programs wouldn’t happen if they didn’t have volunteers organizing them and working with them,” Marcia Davis said Wednesday.

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