This is especially important for people who’ve experienced ... They can also help us to feel we aren’t alone in our struggles. A community can also help us to develop a sense of identity.

As part of our series on community and service, called Here to Help, Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the benefits of volunteering.

"Our people are broken today," proclaimed ... and what would be respectful," he says. "But the community made it clear that they wanted us here and they want to feel safe." He added that they ...