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Erin Harris: Aligning Personal Values with Meaningful Action
Erin Harris embodies the initiative and energy Doing Good enjoys seeing in volunteers. Eight months ago, she founded Un/Do Mindset, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health education and trauma recovery. A former teacher, Erin’s passion for this project is both inspiring and deeply personal. Her teaching career came to a heartbreaking end due to...
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Asha, Lori & Ghandi
VSA Tennessee Ambassadors Asha Patel, a junior at MTSU, was encouraged by MTSU Communications Professor Lori Kissinger to look into the collegiate chapter of VSA...
Education equals choices
Charlotte pumping water Raise the Roof Academy began in 2010 to provide education for orphans and at-risk children. In only five years, the number of...
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...
Empowering families through mediation
Chuck Hill teaching advanced mediation techniques to a group of new volunteers People “have more control than they realize,” says Chuck Hill, volunteer mediator for...
Refugees Sew For Hope – & Build Community
Rita with her students @ Sew For Hope, a ThriftSmart ministry Families escaping their homeland are refugees. During the escape, they are sent to any...
“Every Flower Grows Through Dirt”
Alexandria Giving Flowers to a Guest at Donelson Rehabilitation Center Today Alexandria says, “I love talking to young girls about my growing pains and want to...
“I look forward to Tuesdays”
Nadine Rihani’s first role with Park Center was folding clothes. As she said, “of all things.I hate to fold clothes!” After finally fessing up, Park...
New mother juggles career & dogs
For most, juggling full-time work and a family is enough, but for Tam Singer, she is also establishing MTPRC, “Making Tennessee a Place That Really...
A Marriage of Like Minds & Hearts
Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Pam Harms Sometimes Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month is a person, other times an entire family or perhaps a group...
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By: Kingsley East Families of disabled children and local communities believe this truth, but it...
Pastor Marc Hewlett Stopping Human Trafficking Like many in Music City, Marc Hewlett began as a...
“We are our brother’s keeper. What we do matters because it (how we treat others) does affect...
VSA Tennessee Ambassadors Asha Patel, a junior at MTSU, was encouraged by MTSU Communications...
Charlotte pumping water Raise the Roof Academy began in 2010 to provide education for orphans and...
Jeff Sexton with (now former) Mayor Karl Dean Jeff Sexton took a leap of faith nearly five years ago...
Chuck Hill teaching advanced mediation techniques to a group of new volunteers People “have more...
Rita with her students @ Sew For Hope, a ThriftSmart ministry Families escaping their homeland are...
Alexandria Giving Flowers to a Guest at Donelson Rehabilitation Center Today Alexandria says, “I...
