Our volunteers and donors at GRACE are priceless!  Annually donors give over $1.3 million to help GRACE carry out our mission of providing "relief" to individuals and families in the Grapevine, Southlake and Colleyville areas, as well as those referred by GRACE members. According to the U.S. Center for Non-Profit Management, for the year 2007-2008, a volunteer hour is worth $18.77.  In 2007 volunteers contributed over 47,200 volunteer hours which calculates to nearly $900,000 worth of volunteer power. Within GRACE there are nine different departments that depend on volunteers and donors to run smoothly. In the Clothing room, Food pantry, Outreach to Health Community Clinic, Tech Center, Administration, Client Services, Development, Donation Station, GRACEful Buys, and A Touch of GRACE volunteers are needed year round to help keep GRACE organized and donors gifts provide for each of these programs.  Obviously, we could not continue our mission of "Giving as we have received, to help those in need" without our many volunteers and donors!   Come enjoy the Gala as you help GRACE! This year we are expecting another sell out with 1,000 guests at the 5th annual GRACE Gala. The gala will feature a dinner, silent and live auctions and dancing to the ultimate party band, Le Freak.   To make the Gala run smoothly it will take over 75 volunteers that evening to help with many different tasks. We will need volunteers to help set-up and man the silent auction area, to help run the big board, to help with event check-in and registration and to help with auction check-out.  If anyone would like to come and enjoy the elegance of the night by volunteering we need YOU! If you are interested or would like more information please e-mail Anna Shore at ashore@gracegrapevine.org.