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Shortly after Richard Withers retired, he saw an advertisement in the newspaper asking for volunteers to support elderly people to stay in their homes. Richard enjoyed helping people, and he wanted to do something useful with his time, so he answered the advertisement. Years later, he is still an active volunteer with Catholic Charities’ Volunteer Services program in Ephrata.

Arlene Bergam knows that you need to stick with an idea and see it through to reap the benefits. She has stuck with Catholic Charities (Catholic Family & Child Service to Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington) for 17 years.

Does it seem like everyone around you is looking for a new job? That might just be the case. So many people switched careers in 2021 that news organizations coined the trend as “The Great Resignation.” The US Department of Labor reported that over 4.4 million people left their jobs in September 2021 alone. Most stayed in the labor market and just switched careers, but others opted to stay home with children, retire early, or start their own home-based business.

Beginning her Jesuit Volunteer/AmeriCorps project in the middle of the COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Healthy Campaign was challenging for Lauren Peterson. The pandemic completely changed her service role.