These are not first-time volunteers. They are very community-minded, and they have long histories of doing really cool stuff with United Way and other charities across the country.

The volunteers, the members, the Honda people, the NBC people, the champion (Luke Donald). It's the last time a lot these people will be together. That's when it will probably get emotional.

We're going to be asking for more staff to do outreach in the community. We're going out into the streets talking with people. It will be a community effort.

If you think about it, it makes sense. A lot of people who live in our community are no longer part of the work force, and many have been longtime donors.

Our volunteers are flexible, open-minded and have a sense of humor.

At first, there were not even 300 volunteers. They just kept hoping every year that it would get bigger and bigger, and it did.