“I was on the cart staff at a country club and I got free golf every week. I could bring a guest on, too.”

— Perry Gowdy, computer technician, El Dorado

“The biggest incentive is knowing that I’m helping others change their lives.”

— Lauren Wickliffe, social worker, Lawrence

“I worked at a racquet club and that got me half off all tennis stuff there.”

— Brian Miller, student, Shawnee

“I made doughnuts one summer and I got any doughnut that broke in the process of cooking it. So, free doughnuts.”

— Synthia Somerhalder, gift shop manager at natural history museum, Burlington