"Working with Open Arms of Minnesota and making this volunteer profile video [about Dottie] really showed me how easy volunteering can be. Dottie has been working with Open Arms for a number of years and thoroughly enjoys it. It was great seeing her share this experience with her grandchildren who you’ll see in the video. Working on this video project inspired me to enroll in another class at St. Thomas that works with Open Arms. I have been volunteering for a month now delivering meals around the Twin Cities. It’s been a great experience."  -Shane Delaney

"I learned that Open Arms is a great organization with dedicated and giving volunteers who run it. It was great to hear the stories of why the volunteers choose to give their time. It was also a good experience to get a behind the scenes look at what goes on behind the doors of Open Arms and how the entire process is conducted. The fact that Open Arms will be using our profiles to try and recruit future volunteers gave us a lot of motivation to provide a video that will do just that. It almost felt like I was contributing in some way as a volunteer for Open Arms, and that was a great feeling to experience." -Bobby Knudsen