When it comes to Thanksgiving week, a lot of people go through their lives and post on Facebook what they are thankful for.

We are thankful for the people who volunteer to be on city councils and school boards.These folks do a lot of work; they put together budgets, give up their evenings to meet with people, take calls from distressed constituents.

We are thankful to the many people who volunteer with non-profit organizations. Think of all these special programs around Hays County – from ed...