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MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MR//
SUBJ/VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK//
POC/KIM GATES/NF-04/UNIT:MRZ-1/-/TEL:  703-784-9541
/EMAIL: KIMBERLY.A.GATES@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE WEEK OF 28 APRIL THROUGH 3 MAY 2008 IS
DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK.  DURING THIS
TIME, OUR NATION HONORS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM AND
UNSELFISH DEVOTION THAT IS EXEMPLIFIED IN OUR MARINE CORPS
VOLUNTEERS.  THE MARINE CORPS THEME FOR THIS EVENT - "VOLUNTEERS:
CREATING STRONG CORPS COMMUNITIES" - IS MOST APPROPRIATE AS OUR
VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO GIVE SELFLESSLY OF THEIR TIME, TALENT AND
ENERGY IN SUPPORT OF NUMEROUS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS.
2.  VOLUNTEERS ARE ORDINARY PEOPLE MAKING EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRIBUTIONS.  AS SUCH, THEY ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE ASSETS TO THE
MARINE CORPS.  WITH COMMITMENT, COMPASSION, AND GRACIOUSNESS, OUR
VOLUNTEERS BUILD A LEGACY OF SERVICE IN THE CORPS AS THEY TIRELESSLY
ENGAGE IN PROGRAM SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE THOSE THEY HELP, AND INSPIRE
OTHERS TO SERVE.  THIS LEGACY SUPPORTS AND FOSTERS A LASTING SENSE
OF COMMUNITY WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS.
3.  MY WIFE, ANNETTE, AND I EXTEND OUR PERSONAL THANKS TO ALL
VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE
CORPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF INCREASED
OPERATIONAL TEMPO. 
4.  COMMANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK BY PLANNING APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES TO
HONOR THE GENEROUS EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS.  THESE PATRIOTS FREELY
DEVOTE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND
FAMILY READINESS OF OUR MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
5.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//