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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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Finding Hope in Volunteering
Reality Edwards and Lauren Bellflower, Co-counselors and lifelong friends Written by: Emerson Loudenback Lauren Bellflower was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when she was 20 years...
Multi-generational good
Written by: Emerson Loudenback “The good we do always comes back to us,” says Zarita Fears, this month’s Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month. Zarita has...
It’s a small world, after all
Yoga proved helpful in Sheila Habacker’s recovery from her bone marrow transplant. After fully recovering, she became certified as a yoga teacher where she learned...
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...
A Small Gesture Provides Hope
Mo McClain volunteering at an event with AHOD Jr. visionaries Ms. Owens and Mr. Morris-Martin “A small gesture can save someone’s hope in a particular...
Belmont Student Was Served & Now Serves Others
Misha Harris When Misha Harris moved to Nashville as a freshman in high school, she and her mother lived at The Salvation Army of Nashville...
Mindful work in Music City
Writtten by: Amber Yun Abinaya Ramakrishnan is an Ingram Scholar at Vanderbilt University, joining a small, distinguished pool of socially minded, service-oriented students who received...
A New Perspective
Written by: Katie Christ For Jordan Thomas, volunteering is not something he does on the side, it is a way of life. At the age...
Inspiring Women: Patricia Leonard
Patricia Leonard is extremely passionate about empowering women. In her corporate, volunteer, and personal life her goal is to “inspire women to break through any...
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From a young age, volunteering has been an integral part of Cara Finger’s life, which she credits to...
Written by: Emerson Loudenback Fifteen-year-old Leah Kennedy is a student at Fairview High School...
Written by: Emerson Loundenback When it comes to superpowers, Kaitlyn Jolley doesn’t have just one. ...
Reality Edwards and Lauren Bellflower, Co-counselors and lifelong friends Written by: Emerson...
Written by: Emerson Loudenback “The good we do always comes back to us,” says Zarita Fears, this...
Yoga proved helpful in Sheila Habacker’s recovery from her bone marrow transplant. After fully...
Denise Stewart volunteering at the NAMI Tennessee Convention with her daughter, Logan. Denise...
Mo McClain volunteering at an event with AHOD Jr. visionaries Ms. Owens and Mr. Morris-Martin “A...
Misha Harris When Misha Harris moved to Nashville as a freshman in high school, she and her mother...
