Posts Tagged ‘volunteer work’
Sometimes Folks Have to Know Where You Stand
My amazing husband has created his own volunteer job in retirement. Every morning, he visits the large recycle dumpsters near our local fire station and retrieves aluminum cans to donate to the firefighters for their fund to aid needy children. Over time, he’s enlarged his job to include retrieving items that are not supposed to…
Read MoreWhen You Change Someone Else's Life, You Transform Your Own
We had a guest speaker yesterday at church. His name is David Benson, and he’s the founder of a Southern Indiana-based non-profit called “Dogs Helping Heroes.” As the product of a military family, he’d witnessed firsthand the physical, emotional and mental toll war takes on returning veterans. Many suffer from PTSD and a host of…
Read MoreIt’s Not Altruism, But It Sure Feels Good
I once sat in a communications lecture in which the professor announced, “There’s no such thing as altruism.” I raised my hand.
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