Thousands are now in Vancouver, British Columbia attending the 2010 Winter Olympic Games cheering for their favorite athlete as they compete for gold. Many news headlines, however, have been less than flattering reporting all that has gone wrong during the Olympics - from overflowing ice cleaning machines, cancelled event tickets and the death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training run, just hours before the Olympic cauldron was even lit.

Radical Hospitality

But as the games continue, it is the friendliness, helpfulness and generosity tens of thousands of volunteers who are winning the hearts of the international athletes and guests.

"It's about radical hospitality," says Karen Reed, Executive Director of More Than Gold (MTG), a network of Christian faith community who has recruited and trained thousands of volunteers for the games.