Benjamin Pappas is a 17-year-old high school senior at Leesville Road HS, but he is also an enthusiastic and persistent volunteer at St. Francis of Assisi.

Bill Laxton, a long-time volunteer at St. Francis, remembers when it all began. “I made a mistake,” he says laughing, “I told Father Mark Reamer, ‘If there’s anything you ever need, let me know.’

“We are called to ‘serve one another through love,’ to care for our brothers and sisters, to love every inch of the earth, and to give where we can,” says Codi-Alyssa Southerland.

Peter and Darsan Russo say that they have many blessings in life. “We are grateful for what God has given us, and we see volunteering as a way of showing appreciation and giving back.