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Since the beginning of this pandemic, there have been numerous examples of offers of help from people looking to volunteer their time to help the response to COVID-19. Some have manned crisis support lines or made phone calls to vulnerable members of our communities. Others assist with groceries or medicines for those in need and deliver these to their doorstep. 

Some have even volunteered their time on the front line at HSE test centres, providing comfort and support at a time of great stress and worry. 

Some of the volunteers are giving of their time for the first time. Many have long been making valuable contributions in the communities and it is their networks and contacts that have been so valuable in the past months. None of you seek recognition but I believe that now, more than ever, that it is appropriate and you deserve it, for you represent the best of the Irish response to this crisis. 

President Michael D Higgins