Category: Medical Disabilities
Offering Opportunities, Reaching Potential
Growing up with a sister with Down Syndrome, Elizabeth Graham Pistole has a strong passion for helping individuals with special needs grow and develop. Her first experience volunteering was at her local church on “Special Saturdays” to serve church-goers living with disabilities broaden emotionally and spiritually. “The first time volunteering . . . was way...
Haircuts for a Confident Community
Written by Zac Cooper Uncle Classic Barbershop has been chosen as the December Volunteer of the Month due to their Giveback programming, which occurs around once a month. Working off the clock, barbers will volunteer at local nonprofits such as Park Center Nashville, which empowers people who have mental illness and substance use disorders and...
Providing prosthetics for all ages
Nick Gambill with Leah Burris Written by: Cole Gray Nick Gambill grew up working with his hands. Building decks and remodeling homes throughout college prepared him to give back to the community in an unexpected way: fabricating running prosthetics for amputees, and giving them away for free. Gambill is Doing Good’s Nashville Volunteer of the...
“All children deserve the same opportunities, regardless of disabilities.”
By: Kingsley East Families of disabled children and local communities believe this truth, but it takes workers and volunteers like Annah to set this statement into motion. Annah Slayton abides by these words as she works to bring therapy, growth, and hope to disabled children. Working with a nonprofit called Special Kids, Annah’s goal as...
Mickey Milam Helps First Responders in Need
By Karen E. Williams When citizens are in trouble they call 9-1-1. They’re confident a First Responder will be there in minutes to help. But when a First Responder is severely injured in the line of duty, who is there to help them? Generally it is not the government. In fact, the First Responder may...
