The Doing Good Blog

Doing Good features two volunteers each month. Read the stories of previously celebrated volunteers below. Click here to nominate someone you know or yourself to be celebrated.
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Why do you volunteer?
What leads someone to become a volunteer? For Rachel Moore it started early. While still in school in Hickman County, Tennessee, she liked to read...
Walk Into Your Kingdom
October 2, 2017Culture & History,Education & Youth,Faith & Spirituality,Location-Specific,Volunteerism & Community Action(0)
By: Annie Low Carleigh Frazier, this month’s Nashville Volunteer of the Month, is a senior Biology major at Fisk University. She recently had the pleasure...
Volunteerism…a state of mind
Jeff Sexton with (now former) Mayor Karl Dean Jeff Sexton took a leap of faith nearly five years ago when he and his wife, Donna...
Volunteering: Not always glamorous, but always rewarding
Anna Kate Roberson is a determined fourteen-year-old who doesn’t let her autism diagnosis get in the way of her dream of becoming a veterinarian. She...
Volunteering with Friends – It’s Just Fun!
Written by: Terri Seydel In many ways, Phillip Hyams is a typical American teenager, balancing his time between school, sports, and friends. He attends Brentwood...
Volunteering to Change the Course of a Life
February 15, 2022Arts (Visual & Performing),Community & Social Services,Culture & History,Location-Specific,Media & Innovation,Volunteerism & Community Action(1)
Written by: Terri Seydel Would you like to change any of the decisions you made as a teenager? We’d probably all like to turn the...
Volunteering Is In Her Genes
August 6, 2013Community & Social Services,Culture & History,Government, Military & Public Service,Volunteerism & Community Action(2)
Pam Lewis Pam Lewis says that volunteering and giving back was instilled in her as a kid by both of her parents, especially her dad...
Volunteer Success Story
Denise Stewart volunteering at the NAMI Tennessee Convention with her daughter, Logan. Denise Stewart is more than a success story, she is a past client...
Volunteer Storytellers
Beginning February, 2015, Nashville’s Volunteers of the Month are having their personal stories told by creative storytellers. Thank you to Nashville’s Tom Wright for being the...
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