Judson Ahern
Length of time with CCFI: 8 years
What do you like best about volunteering?
Frankly, selfishly I guess, it has made me feel good. My more recent volunteer work started a little over a year ago, after I had lost my wife, and feeling good was rare. But the reason it makes me feel good is because CCFI serves our most precious resource and those who need help the most – the children of our community. CCFI helps children in so many ways with its many great programs.
What would you say to someone considering volunteering?
First, if you’re not familiar with CCFI, you will become familiar with them, and realize how much the agency does for this community. Second, you will feel wonderful helping them do their good work. It is wonderful therapy - a kind of antidote for those times when you realize we live in troubling, discouraging times. Third, the CCFI staff will make you feel like family. I treasure the friends I’ve made there, and honestly think I’ve gotten more from them than they have from me!
First, if you’re not familiar with CCFI, you will become familiar with them, and realize how much the agency does for this community. Second, you will feel wonderful helping them do their good work. It is wonderful therapy - a kind of antidote for those times when you realize we live in troubling, discouraging times. Third, the CCFI staff will make you feel like family. I treasure the friends I’ve made there, and honestly think I’ve gotten more from them than they have from me!
