Neil Bush Quotes

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.

There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.

I love giving back to kids and helping my community.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

I married a woman from New Orleans, so I had family here. Post-Katrina, I had a number of friends call me up and say they wanted to do something to help the community - not just Habitat for Humanity or Red Cross, we've done that, but what can we do for the community.

There are plenty of easy things that you can do from the comfort of your own home to get you started on the path of giving back.

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

I support organizations that help people do better for themselves and the community.

We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.

I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in.

I've always believed that it's important to give something back to the world and community.

The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved.

Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.

It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.

When I was younger, I played sports and went to camp. As I got older, my parents began to instill in us the importance of giving back to the community, especially those places around the world that are less fortunate than my very privileged life growing up in Los Angeles.

Certainly, we need to support the communities around the country, and we do.

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

I want to do things for the people of this country.

When I was growing up, I was regularly involved in local activities such as food collections, food kitchens, and other initiatives.

Points of Light - through our affiliates in 250 U.S. communities and 15 international sites - engages 4 million volunteers in 30 million hours of service each year touching countless lives.

It's my goal to show the world that Americans know how to help Americans without expecting the government to come riding in on a white horse and save the day.

I feel motivated to give something back to society.

Community service has been a great thing for me.

Whatever the issue is, whether it's Ebola or something else, I just want to get involved. Sometimes, even if it's just my time or my words, if my involvement changes people from donating $1 to $2, then I'll do it.