When I discovered that I was going have a friend come to visit Memphis just a month after pulling a U-haul up my driveway on Young Avenue I frantically brainstormed how I could entertain him. The frenzy subsided as I realized how well I knew Memphis relative to how long
Look who I found. There might not be anything more exciting to a ten year old then an inflated bounce house. The laughter from the Grizzliesā play place competed to drown the sound of the eventās music. On this overcast day I was assisting the Memphis Grizzlies āClaw
Trunk full of groceries. It took me six days of volunteering and driving to new parts of the city on my odyssey, but the Memphis roads finally got the better of me. Despite getting turned around, I entered my destination only a few minutes late. I felt concerned
Burrito's eye view Bikes, tattoos and Mexican-style food are all effects I associate with my former home of Austin, Texas, much more than I do with Memphis. To the contrary, the kitchen I worked in tonight might have given ATX a run for their money in these regards
Making new friends I welcomed the sounds of nature that accompanied leaving the city of Memphis behind; arriving at my destination I heard birds chirping along with the ever-present hum of the Southās cicadas. All of the murmurs of the city had vanished, and I welcomed the relative
Driving around the city this week Iāve utilize the new satellite radio in my car, today I didnāt have much time to enjoy it during the five minutes trip to the community garden. I arrived excited to get to work in the empty lot turned Community Table Garden. Upon exiting
When I think of āvolunteeringā I first think of a soup kitchen, I imagine an industrial scene where an assembly line of men and women in drab uniforms, ladle cups of soup to a procession of hungry people in a line wrapped around the block. However, what I experienced was
The famous waiting room. Image was cropped to conceal the identity of Yusuf. I couldnāt put my finger on the exotic smell that filled the house of the newly transported Memphis family I met today. I previously lived in a melting pot of an apartment in the culturally
Growing up charity and volunteering were always synonymous with church service and resume builders in my mind. It was not until I met a young women who had overcome many disadvantages only to decide to give back to low income communities instead of pursuing a more typical American dream that