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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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How Sports Initiate Change
June Volunteer of the Month: Jimmy Pitts Jimmy Pitts loves sports almost as much as he loves service. Between coaching basketball and serving on the...
Love in the Unreached Places
Marilin Kelley is spreading love in Nashville. A recent Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) mathematics graduate, Marilin is preparing for graduate school at Virginia Tech...
A Calm Light for Others
Alli Crews is a light in Nashville, Tennessee. She was born in Murfreesboro and adopted at a few weeks old. She was raised in an...
Helping Others Feel Loved Through Music Education
Maya Angelou once said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how...
Vet, Teacher, IT Director, and Volunteer
Written by: Anna Lopez Tommy Wolosin is Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month. The Director of Technical Sales and Marketing started his volunteer work around ten...
Always an Athlete, Always a (TN) Volunteer
“Serving others has always been a passion of mine and I will always make service over self a priority,” says Corey Alexander, Nashville’s Volunteer of...
July Nashville Volunteer of the Month
Written By: Meg Provenzale Jeremy Bradford has been nominated as July’s Volunteer of Month. His desire to give back to the community goes unnoticed in...
June Nashville Volunteer of the Month
Written by: Meg Provenzale Anna Claire Bowen has been named Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month. Anna Claire owns her own private practice and works as a...
Leadership within Community
Written By: Meg Provenzale Taryn Anderson has been named Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month for May. Taryn is studying to become a lawyer at Nashville’s...
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Writtten by: Amber Yun Abinaya Ramakrishnan is an Ingram Scholar at Vanderbilt University, joining a...
Written by: Katie Christ For Jordan Thomas, volunteering is not something he does on the side, it is...
Patricia Leonard is extremely passionate about empowering women. In her corporate, volunteer, and...
June Volunteer of the Month: Jimmy Pitts Jimmy Pitts loves sports almost as much as he loves...
Marilin Kelley is spreading love in Nashville. A recent Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)...
Maya Angelou once said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will...
Written by: Anna Lopez Tommy Wolosin is Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month. The Director of...
“Serving others has always been a passion of mine and I will always make service over self a...
