In 2019 alone, more than 1 million volunteers from all walks of life joined us in hands-on service projects and dozens of large scale community-building events across the nation. The call to expand national service programs to create jobs, help contain the coronavirus pandemic and begin to unify a divided country takes action not words. In the 16 months leading to the coronavirus pandemic, Operation Gratitude bridged divides and united communities, where neighborhood gatherings, churches, community centers or schools, service and meaningful interactions were part of the solution.