Fulton County Commission Chairman John H. Eaves (center) receives a symbolic check for $948,516 that represents the value of an estimated 54,000 service hours performed by the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library’s more than 1,800 volunteers in 2007. Ninety volunteers donated over 100 hours each, and 26 donated over 200 hours each. Volunteers serve a variety of roles, such as literacy tour guides, English-as-a-Second-Language and math tutors, computer and clerical assistants, job search coaches and special event hosts. Also shown at the June 4, 2008 Commission meeting are (from left) volunteers Jo Lynn Burge, Mary-Leita Burge and Janicua Wicks; Volunteer Services Manager Margaret Roach; Library Director John Szabo; District 5 Commissioner Emma I. Darnell; District 2 (at-large) Commissioner Robb Pitts; Vice Chairman William “Bill” Edwards, District 7; volunteers Linda Brooks-Cooper and Brenda Collins; District 3 Commissioner Lynne Riley; and Volunteer Coordinator Marcy Meyers. (Photo courtesy of Fulton County Office of Community Relations)