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Feeding Nashville with Heart: The Story of Corisa “Pine” Lewis

November 4, 2025

“Hospitality isn’t just a table setting—it’s a way of life.” This week on the Doing Good Podcast, host Megan McInnis sat down...

Faith & Spirituality

A Bridge to a Better Life

October 8, 2025

Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry (TPOM) is a 501c3 which supports individuals incarcerated and released, as well as their families, with resources and...

Community & Social Services, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Volunteerism & Community Action

Paul Dougall: Finding Time to Give Back

January 29, 2024

Paul Dougall – a resident of middle Tennessee, empty nester, and widower – is constantly finding time to give back to his...

Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Volunteerism & Community Action

Fighting and Thriving with Type 1 Diabetes: A Mother-Daughter Story

December 14, 2023

Lauren was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes – or T1D, as she and her mother, Barbara, like to call it – at...

Culture & History, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Volunteerism & Community Action

Lifelong Servant Leader Serves on the Path She Once Walked

June 27, 2022

By: Angela Barbosa Imagine being at an appointment with your doctor and learning you have cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute,...

Animals & Environment, Faith & Spirituality, Volunteerism & Community Action

Harvesting Seeds His Dad Planted to Benefit Farmers

June 20, 2022

By: Angela Barbosa Growing up as a farm kid in northern Indiana, Vane Clayton had chores every morning and every night. Working...

Culture & History, Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Government, Military & Public Service

Featured Volunteer: Jason

May 23, 2022

Listen to Jason, a husband, father of two, and a young professional, as he talks about the heart of a person. What...

Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness

A Mother’s Story

March 24, 2022

“I get more from volunteering than I give,” says Denise Stewart. “It gives me joy to watch how much NAMI’s programs that...

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A Celebration of the Community

July 1, 2020

As the middle of the year approaches, Doing Good takes a moment to reflect on this year’s outstanding service-oriented volunteers in the...

Community & Social Services, Culture & History, Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Volunteerism & Community Action

Multi-generational good

February 4, 2020

Written by: Emerson Loudenback “The good we do always comes back to us,” says Zarita Fears, this month’s Nashville’s Volunteer of the...

Community & Social Services, Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Location-Specific, Volunteerism & Community Action

Love in the Unreached Places

May 3, 2019

Marilin Kelley is spreading love in Nashville. A recent Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) mathematics graduate, Marilin is preparing for graduate school...

Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness

Always an Athlete, Always a (TN) Volunteer

October 1, 2018

“Serving others has always been a passion of mine and I will always make service over self a priority,” says Corey Alexander,...

Culture & History, Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Location-Specific, Volunteerism & Community Action

Walk Into Your Kingdom

October 2, 2017

By: Annie Low Carleigh Frazier, this month’s Nashville Volunteer of the Month, is a senior Biology major at Fisk University. She recently...

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Advocating for his community

July 1, 2017

Keith McLean Written by: Cole Gray Keith McLean of Franklin is Doing Good’s Nashville Volunteer of the Month for his work in...

Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Location-Specific, Volunteerism & Community Action

Spreading the Light

April 3, 2017

By: Kingsley East “By letting my light shine through volunteer work, I’m able to help others have a better quality of life-...

Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Location-Specific, Volunteerism & Community Action

Prioritizing Your Passions

July 1, 2016

Written by: Kingsley East: Misty Woodford is a mom, a daughter, a real estate broker, and a volunteer. She leads a life...

Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality, Location-Specific, Volunteerism & Community Action

Education equals choices

December 1, 2015

Charlotte pumping water Raise the Roof Academy began in 2010 to provide education for orphans and at-risk children. In only five years,...

Community & Social Services, Education & Youth, Faith & Spirituality

Leroy Jones Speaks of Hope & “No More Victims”

September 2, 2013

By Karen E. Williams While growing up Leroy Jones didn’t have any role models for volunteering. But these days he finds priceless...