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title: "Happy National Volunteer Month: Thank you FIRST Volunteers!"
description: To all of our FIRST Volunteers within our global community, please enjoy a special message, expressing our gratitude for your dedication.
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National Volunteer Month celebrates and highlights the importance of volunteer service within our communities, schools, and organizations. To all of our *FIRST* Volunteers within our global community, please enjoy a special message from *FIRST*® CEO Chris Moore, expressing our gratitude for your dedication and all that you do to support *FIRST*.

 

“Hey *FIRST *volunteers! 

Happy Volunteer Month. I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for supporting another exciting season of *FIRST*! Whether you’re a coach, mentor, or event volunteer, your dedication to *FIRST *participants and the *FIRST *community, energizes us all. Because of you, more than half a million participants from 110 countries were able to experience our programs* *this season. 

So, thank you for generously giving your time in support of the *FIRST* mission.”   
-- *FIRST *CEO, Chris Moore 

[Learn more about *FIRST* Volunteers](https://www.firstinspires.org/volunteer) | [Volunteer Recognition](https://www.firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/volunteer-recognition) | [Volunteer at 2023 *FIRST* Championship](https://www.firstchampionship.org/)

 

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These blog posts have been contributed by members of *FIRST* staff. *FIRST* is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Manchester, N.H.

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