[DougB]

Volunteers Make a Difference In a Child's Education


STARFISH POEM

One day an old man was walking down the beach just before dawn.* In the distance he saw a young man picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea.* As the old man approached the young man, he asked, "Why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time?"* The young man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun.* The old man exclaimed, "But there must be thousands of starfish.* How can your efforts make any difference?"* The young man looked down at the starfish in his hand and as he threw it to safety in the sea, he said," It makes a difference to this one!"