He Volunteered at 12 Nonprofits But Only One Mattered

10 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief spoken anecdote, the speaker recounts asking a person about their volunteer work, only to learn the individual claimed involvement with twelve different nonprofits. The speaker challenges the plausibility of maintaining deep passion for so many causes, noting limited personal bandwidth. After a candid conversation, the volunteer admits that only one organization truly matters to them—a dog rescue shelter—highlighting the importance of authentic commitment over superficial breadth in volunteerism.

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So I asked him about this business plan and about which nonprofit where he was volunteering, and the answer nearly gave me a heart attack, y'all. He told me he was volunteering at 12 nonprofits. You heard me right, 12. And I said, wait a minute, nobody could have 12 areas they're passionate about. That's not a thing. We all get too exhausted to have that much bandwidth. And after some honest conversation, he finally admitted that there was one that really mattered to him, one that meant something, and it was the dog rescue shelter.