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AIBU to expect a proper thank you?

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Mayflower282 · 19/12/2025 23:04

I’ve been volunteering for a local charity helping run support groups for a year, this is the only acknowledgement/thanks I have received from the charity all year (see mass email sent). I would estimate that I have volunteered at least 200 hours of my time. Is it just me or would an end of year proper “thank you” addressed to my name be too much to ask? AIBU to expect a thank you? Maybe I’m expecting too much? 🤔 (the charity has 50 paid staff and 100 volunteers)

AIBU to expect a proper thank you?
OP posts:
Rennster · 20/12/2025 10:11

I volunteer one hour per week for a council dog walking program. I get a text at the end of the year specifically thanking me for my time, a birthday card and a volunteer paid for lunch in December. Plus preferential access to funded training courses, and tickets to (low level) local sports events.
What you have received is very poor

Puzzledandpissedoff · 20/12/2025 11:02

... they sound like they take volunteers for granted, and just like in the paid work force, that’s a way to cheese people off and lower morale

Or drive them away completely Sad

I've been involved in the third sector all my life and recruited countless other volunteers, so hope I know how to treat them. With this, however, I guarantee the letter reflects an overall attitude and hope OP can find something where they'll be more appreciated

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