Passion
At each stop on the U2 360° Tour, I’m joined by a group of ONE volunteers who spend the day talking with fans and signing them up as new ONE members. It’s a long day on their feet, and at the end of it the best volunteers will have signed up more than 150 new members.
We chatted with Stephanie and Horst, the two volunteers who signed up the most new members at the show in Hannover, to see what it takes to be a great volunteer.
Quick run down on them: Stephanie is 20 years old and is a student in Berlin. Horst is 58, lives near Hannover, and works with youth groups.
They are about as different at it comes, but they have an important thing in common: the passion to make a difference. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you want to make sure we all play a part in making sure everyone in the world has access to clean water and every child has a chance to receive a basic education, then you’ve got what it takes to be a great ONE volunteer.
It was great to meet you Stephanie and Horst, I hope to see your passion in many more people as I keep rolling down the road!
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18/08/2010 at 7:57 am
When I attended the live U2 concert in Horsens, Denmark people like Stpehanie & Horst did an amazing job in briefing people about ONE. I had never before heard about ONE and after listening to what ONE is all about I decided that it is a worthy cause to stick my name behind.
So thank you Stephanie, Horst & all the other ONE voluenteers. You guys do an amazing job for an amazing cause. Lets all help make tomorrows world a better & healthier place today.
-Tobias
19/08/2010 at 10:16 am
As a volounteer at sundays concert in Horsens, I would like to thank all the people like Tobias, for taking a moment on a shiny hot sunday, with exspectation for a blast of a musical event, to think about all the people who might not see the next day….and take action. We should not feel guilty of living in an enviroment with health systems and wealth, but using our freedom of speech and join our voices to ONE, speak out to the few powerful people who can make things happen, and hold them to their promises. That makes a difference and makes me greatful that so many feel like I do. Thanks… Not volounteering to the concert would have made me a poor person.
24/08/2010 at 4:54 pm
I attended as volunteer at the concert in Horsens on Monday and i agree with both Tobias and Line
It was a wonderful day and evening and I thank Weldon Kennedy for HIS passion and support.
Today I have created a ONE Danmark group on Facebook and I hope you two – and other people from Denmark will join the group.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=148797218482491
23/01/2011 at 9:42 am
That makes a difference and makes me greatful that so many feel like I do. Thanks… Not volounteering to the concert would have made me a poor person.