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In this issue, Voices looks back to the dawn of a new millennium, when the late Susan J. Ellis shared her hopes for the future of our profession.

Volunteering encompasses a wide range of activities, from mentoring students and serving on nonprofit boards to facilitating community clean-ups. Among these, disaster relief emerges as a distinct and critical category. In moments of acute crisis, including floods, wildfires, hurricanes or even pandemics, the established practices and systems for Volunteer Management are stress-tested and subjected to their most rigorous challenges.