Client services manager Raven Carr (left) and AmeriCorps pantry coordinator Eric Gallarza weigh donations of food at Sharing Life Community Outreach on Friday, July 16, 2021, in Mesquite, Texas. Congress is considering a funding cut to AmeriCorps, but Neil Bush writes that national service is more important now than ever. (Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News) (Elias Valverde II / Staff Photographer)