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Some people volunteer four hours a week or a month with a specific schedule and list of directives. Julie Ridenour, on the other hand, has quietly committed to volunteer 24 hours a day for months. Julie has volunteered for Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity and First United Methodist Church Murfreesboro and will continue to...

A musician, student, and volunteer, Jack Valentino has taken his music and teaching skills to Love Learning Music, a nonprofit organization that provides music education and therapy to children in need. As a rising junior at Belmont University, Jack decided to spend the first part of his summer studying abroad in Austria. This meant that...

When Jill’s daughter, Jiselle, was a baby, she stopped meeting developmental milestones. The family went to many doctors, unsure of what was happening with her. Years later, when Jiselle was around four years old, she was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome: a gene mutation in the x chromosome that affects development primarily in girls. Jill, despite...

La Toya Murdock gives back to her Middle Tennessee community by serving on three different boards for nonprofits. Daughters of the King is a nonprofit which facilitates positive change in young people’s lives by providing school supplies, backpacks, hygiene kits, and more as well as bringing meals to the homes of older residents; the Educational...

Nashvillian, volunteer veteran, and event planner extraordinaire Emily Green is joining the Doing Good team as a Podcast Co-Host. With a passion for volunteerism, and a keen interest in podcasting, another Doing Good volunteer encouraged Emily to blend the two together by podcasting with us. Emily’s volunteer journey began as a high school requirement. She...

Brittnie has always had a love for animals. She and her partner have two canines of their own. After moving to Nashville, she volunteered at a shelter where she met the founder of Charlie’s Angels Saving Animals (CASA)Transport, a nonprofit that serves to reduce the number of animals in overcrowded shelters by transporting them to...

“You never know what’s gonna’ happen as a result of your volunteering effort.” – Tom Ruiz Tom Ruiz has played many different roles in his life. He served in the army, in higher education, as a father and husband, and as a city councilman and mayor, among other things. Currently, as a resident of Middle...

As a mother of four, Amanda Root found herself pulled to serve children. Having adopted kids herself, she knows the important role that people like her play in assisting children who are either in state custody or who would be without redirection. As the founder and Executive Director of a private nonprofit called Hope’s Bridge...

People want to help; people want to do good; and Toby Swager wants to make that easier by connecting communities to organizations that need help. As a full-time volunteer from Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Swager understands the importance of volunteerism and how it strengthens a community. Swager runs a nonprofit that is ever-so-fittingly called Walking with Swager...