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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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John Baker’s Effort to Preserve African American Genealogy
Countless people grow up without any knowledge about their ancestors or where they came from. For many African American families, this is because their lineage...
Daisuke Suzuki: Self-professed Geek Volunteers
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Lifelong Servant Leader Serves on the Path She Once Walked
By: Angela Barbosa Imagine being at an appointment with your doctor and learning you have cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 1.8...
Harvesting Seeds His Dad Planted to Benefit Farmers
By: Angela Barbosa Growing up as a farm kid in northern Indiana, Vane Clayton had chores every morning and every night. Working the family’s dairy...
Service in Her School
Written By: Emma de la Pena Many can look back on memories in their lifetime and think about their first strike of inspiration. For Sassy...
Featured Volunteer: Jason
Listen to Jason, a husband, father of two, and a young professional, as he talks about the heart of a person. What happens to children...
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...
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...
Just Go for It!
Written by: Terri Seydel It was an elementary holiday event that sparked an interest in her to help children in need. In 4th grade, Taylor...
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Martin, originally from Nashville and a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West...
Leah Marcus is a teacher who graduated from Vanderbilt University last year with a graduate degree...
“African American history is American history,” says Natalie Bell, a volunteer forging her own path...
Countless people grow up without any knowledge about their ancestors or where they came from. For...
This New Yorker didn’t let the global pandemic get him down. In fact, COVID created the opportunity...
By: Angela Barbosa Imagine being at an appointment with your doctor and learning you have cancer...
By: Angela Barbosa Growing up as a farm kid in northern Indiana, Vane Clayton had chores every...
Written By: Emma de la Pena Many can look back on memories in their lifetime and think about their...
Listen to Jason, a husband, father of two, and a young professional, as he talks about the heart of...
