Volunteers Becoming Scarce

The era of the lifetime volunteer seems to be coming to an end. Finding individuals to donate time to different groups, events, or causes is becoming more difficult, often attributed to the after-effects of the COVID pandemic.  Ed Taylor, Jr., president of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization, says he has witnessed the decline across the country…

“Americans today are not volunteering. And I’m not just hearing this in cemeteries. I’m hearing this in veteran organizations, fire halls, every type of nonprofit you can imagine is suffering from the lack of volunteer spirit.”