No one is denying that. You think you were the only one turned down? You weren't. They didnt have enough volunteers to do the work. Its called growing pains.
The people that have the best chance of getting a project done, are the people who will stand up and take charge of the project. When you obligate the organization to a project, they just dont drop everything else. If you dont follow thru, its the organization and the resource that suffers. Some doors are more easily opened than others.

There are hundreds of little jobs that are done in order for the organization to make this all work. All the people that contribute to the communication department for the Ripple effect newsletter, online Connect including advertising and website are volunteers that want this bad enough to give up their own free time.