Volunteerism empowers you to find purpose, to take your passion and turn it into meaningful change.
April 17-23 is National Volunteer Week, dedicated to celebrating the impact of volunteer service and the collective power of volunteers to tackle tough challenges and build a stronger, more resilient community. The past year has been a glowing example of the professional and personal fulfillment that stems from unification in support of our partners and peers, and the ability to come together to elevate a cause.
This week, and all year long, we value and thank our many volunteers in the glazing and glass building products industry who offer their time, talent, support and voice to the initiatives of the organization.
View the photo album from the recent NGA Glass Conference: Long Beach 2022 to see some of our NGA volunteers getting involved. Also, be sure to review the NGA Annual Report 2021 detailing the value creates with the help of our volunteer members, for our industry.
See more #NVW activity on social: National Glass Association on LinkedIn, @GlassNation on Facebook and Twitter.
Get Involved
Our Advocacy & Technical Services team is always recruiting new volunteers for our committees. Join an active task group to be part of our work in glazing and glass building products.
From Our Volunteers
Chuck Knickerbocker, Technical Glass Products
"Being involved at the industry level has two immediate benefits. I can stay up to date with what’s happening across the industry, not just what may be relevant to my current position - getting to see a big-picture perspective is invaluable. Also, it’s a way I can pay back what I was taught and learned from the people who came before me, reflecting upon the experiences I’ve had to date."
Paul Mouton, Midwest Glass Fabricators
"The NGA is the single most important industry association in America today. As an advocate for glass, I know the structural properties, the safety, security, and environmental protection we provide. This is the single most valuable material in construction. Sadly, I have heard us referred to as a legacy industry or irrelevant. If only the world knew how much time the glass industry (through high performance glass) is buying for companies and governments to agree on a fossil fuel plan.
At the same time, we have had more gun violence in the first 4 months of this year than should be considered reasonable (133 mass shootings, 143 deaths, 555 injured) and it is rising. Our industry protects in an unobserved way. We help metal health and vitamin D photosynthesis with daylighting. To sum it up, glass is inherently good, and I am proud to be on the positive side of an actual solution. Not only do I want to volunteer, I want to do more because it is so energizing! Sign me up for the board! Let’s go glass!!"
Bill Daubmann, My Shower Door
“Volunteering for NGA activities and task groups gives me the opportunity to give back to the industry that supports us, keeps me informed of current issues facing glass, helps me to learn new perspectives from other NGA members’ diverse set of experiences, and allows me to bring new industry knowledge back to my company. Even better, through the years I’ve formed valuable working relationships and close friendships with people from all corners of the glass industry. It is truly worth the time and effort I put in.”
Stanley Yee, Dow
"IMPACT is why I volunteer for NGA. I'm hard-pressed to find a better opportunity to work with my industry peers to advance the glass and glazing industry - be it through technical discussions and debate, creation of technical educational and reference material, or advocacy. It stems from my own desire to leave things better than when I first arrived; striving to make this an even better industry today, and lay the foundation for a bigger, better industry tomorrow.
Volunteering for NGA has given me an opportunity to give back to the industry that has afforded me so many opportunities at different levels: business, educational, network, professional, and personal - NGA is a place where real and substantive connections and contributions can be made. For that I am humbly grateful and encourage others to join on the journey and share in the experience to learn, live, laugh, work and play."
Rob Carlson, Tristar Glass
"I regularly use, and have come to rely on, many of the industry documents created through the volunteer efforts of past and current leaders in the glass industry. By getting involved and volunteering myself, I get the opportunity to contribute my own small part to these documents and hopefully help others in the same way."
Vaughn Schauss, Kuraray
"NGA is a great organization that passionately advocates for glass and the glazing industry. Volunteering not only allows me to contribute to this great organization, but also to learn more about our industry while developing friendships with some fantastic people."