Volunteer Voices

SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS

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'Ethics'

I ponder on the ethics of volunteering.

VOLUNTEER VOICES!

Is this Volunteering, doing lots of good?

Would members of the audience leave if they only could?

My Probus Choir has lots of fun singing around the place,

And all our elderly listeners receive us with good grace.

I feel we look quite pleasant, and we sing in tune (I think),

But is that old chap in the corner muttering 'They stink!'

Are we doing it for our good; are we doing it for theirs?

Would they prefer to be left alone in their easy chairs?

I know I'd hate to be dragged along, if I were at their stage,

To watch a lot of 'giggling girls' performing on a stage!

If I had to sit through 'Margie' or 'Two Little Girls in Blue'

I'd leap up with my walker and who knows what I'd do!

I only know they thank us, and they always ask us back;

We get a cup of coffee and a tasty little snack.

And I do know we enjoy it; we have a lot of fun,

So maybe we don't do much harm when all is said and done.