Category: Refugee

Written by: Zac Cooper November’s Nashville Volunteer of the Month is Jacky Gomez, a community leader who deals with Hispanic and immigrant issues. She works as a receptionist at the Hispanic Foundation, a Program Coordinator with YMCA Latino Achievers, and a volunteer with the Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights Coalition. An overarching theme in Jacky’s...

Written by: Annie Low Monica Cooley is this month’s honored volunteer because she posses the qualities it takes to be an excellent volunteer. John Wesley once said, “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever...

Mr. & Mrs. William and Ebralie Mwizerwa remember what it was like to be on the receiving end. They and their five children fled to America to escape war, persecution‚ and—certain death in Rwanda. They came to America with nothing. With incredible faith and support from volunteer organizations and churches, the Mwizerwas began a new...