Wow, what a week! To describe my Volunteer Odyssey as intense would be an understatement. Between working my volunteer commitments each day, and meeting the deadlines of submitting my blog after each volunteer experience, I felt like I was working a full time job. It was a full time job
The final day of my Volunteer Odyssey sent me to the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality, an organization that provides temporary housing and support for homeless families in the Memphis area. Living just a couple of blocks away, I have driven past this modest two-story Craftsman style home on Poplar
The kitchen was spotless! Today’s adventure took me to Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association ( MIFA). My assignment was to help with Meals on Wheels, a program that delivers warm and nutritious meals to homebound senior residents around the city. I was looking forward to working with this program because my
Day 6 of my Volunteer Odyssey had me headed to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis. I was not going to be able to play with power tools on a build site, however. The office where all the behind the scene workers make those events happen needed my expertise. This would
Today’s adventure took me to Vision Preparatory Charter School, an elementary school located in Southwest Memphis, close to downtown. The school has a mission to provide a high quality education for underserved students in the Memphis area, and equip them with the skills needed to attain a college degree and
Today’s adventure took me to St. Mary’s Catholic Church to help feed the homeless in their Soup Kitchen. The church is a beautiful old edifice built in the 1800’s, and one of the oldest churches in the city. St. Mary's Catholic Church I think my grandmother was married
Today’s journey took me to the Catholic Charities of West Tennessee. I worked with their Bouquets of Hope program, which takes donated flowers from weddings and special events, and rearranges them into smaller bouquets to deliver to people in hospitals, hospice, nursing homes, and seniors living in assisted living or
Today was the first day of my week long Volunteer Odyssey. I made sure I went to bed early last night to get a good night’s sleep because I had to be well rested for what I knew would be a busy day starting at 8:00 a.m.! I’ll admit, I