It was in 1971 that four prominent community volunteers — Annette Strauss, Mitch Jericho, Jan Sanders and Helen Boothman — recognized the power of and need for volunteers and started a grassroots program called SERV (Special Effort to Recruit Volunteers). They set up shop in an office in downtown Dallas. Over the years the organization's success required moving to the Wilson … [Read more...] about Lyda Hill Celebrates VolunteerNow’s 50th Anniversary With A $250K Challenge To Spread Volunteerism