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Don’t Forget To Smile

2015-08-12T08:30:14+00:00

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

I Came Out Smelling Like a Rose

2015-08-11T10:39:16+00:00

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

Order Up!

2015-08-10T15:07:29+00:00

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

Prelude: James O’Toole

2015-08-03T09:22:14+00:00

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” It’s strange how this quote from Socrates popped into my head as I sat down to write the prelude to my Volunteer Odyssey week. My college Philosophy professors would be so pleased that I remembered this quote from my days at CBU many, MANY years ago!

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