Hands Across Mathews, the Gloucester-Mathews Care Clinic, the Laurel Shelter, the Giving Garden Foundation, the Mathews Family YMCA, Park Partners, the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society, Gloucester Arts on Main, Gloucester C.E.R.T., the Bay School Cultural Arts Center, Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department, the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad, Gloucester County Public Schools, Mathews County Public Schools …. the list goes on and on …

These local organizations, and many others, rely on volunteers to keep them moving forward. These volunteers aren’t rewarded with pay. They don’t do it for fame. They’re not in it for the acclaim. They do it because they see a need in the community and they want to do their part.

From youth soccer coaches and after-school tutors to firefighters and rescue squad personnel, many go straight from their paid job to their volunteer gig, and, if they&rsquo...