Today was a cool and beautiful August day, which made me even happier to join Catholic Charities of West Tennessee at their weekly Mobile Food Pantry. As I traveled to Frayser, I realized I had never experienced a food pantry before, other than the donation of food throughout my life.
My Volunteer Odyssey has begun! I was super excited to start this week, and what makes it even better is the addition of my wonderful friend Julie Platten. She will be sharing most of this week’s experiences with me and assisting as my personal photographer when opportunities allow. We started
I have been unemployed for the past seven months, I understand cutting back and spending less, because of this life change. In the past seven months my husband and I have eaten out less and tightened our spending. One prospect I have fortunately never been faced with is the inability
What a fun morning! Today I got to speak Spanish and be a part of putting smiles on faces. For me that’s a formula for an excellent volunteer opportunity. The moment I arrived to The Ascension Church where Catholic Charities was hosting a mobile food pantry for Hispanic families, I
Ms. Gloria is a very precise person. She runs the food pantry at the Catholic Charities of West Tennessee (CCWTN) and it’s a very tight ship. CCWTN is a nutritional food source from single persons to families of 8. All of the food that comes to the food pantry from
Hunger is a feeling everyone can identify with. Whether it's because you're trying to lose some weight, or perhaps just too busy and had to skip a meal, at some point in your life you've experienced that empty, painful feeling. However, most of us overcome this feeling relatively quickly. We