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          ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET INVOLVED AND GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY? VOLUNTEERING IS YOUR PORTAL. 
          WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX THAT COME TO PLANO TO SERVE. 
          WHAT IS VOLUNTEERING TO YOU? IT'S VERY REWARDING, REWARDING, DELIGHTING REWARDING. 
          VOLUNTEERING IS A WAY TO NOT ONLY KEEP BUSY AND MEET NEW PEOPLE. 
          IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          I RETIRED AND I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO TO, TO KEEP ME BUSY, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. 
          I THINK AS A VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO FUN. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS I CAN FIND TO SPEND EXTRA TIME AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO MAKE A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS. 
          A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE IDEA OF BEING MORE HANDS-ON, MUCH MORE REWARDING THAN JUST A CASH DONATION. 
          GIVING BACK. 
          I WOULD SAY BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEERING MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN PLANO. 
          IF WE DIDN'T VOLUNTEER, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE LUNCH OR, OR HAVE, UH, FOOD FOR THE DAY. 
          EVEN. 
          I HAVE BEEN PART OF, OF HUNDREDS OF ADOPTIONS IN GETTING DOGS RE-HOMED INTO HOPEFULLY WHAT WE CALL THEIR FOREVER HOMES. 
          VOLUNTEERING IS REALLY NECESSARY FOR MY WELLBEING AND I THINK IT IS FOR MOST PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PLACE THEY CAN FEEL VALUABLE AND GIVE BACK VOLUNTEERS DONATION OF TIME IS AN INVESTMENT BACK IN THEIR CITY. 
          THE FIRST STEP TO GET ENGAGED WITH VOLUNTEERS IN PLANO IS TO SIGN UP IN THE VOLUNTEER PORTAL@VOLUNTEERS.PLANO.GOV. 
          I WOULD JUST SAY, PLEASE COME OUT AND START VOLUNTEERING. 
          THAT'S AMAZING.
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