Tag: volunteerism

By Karen E. Williams When citizens are in trouble they call 9-1-1.  They’re confident a First Responder will be there in minutes to help.  But when a First Responder is severely injured in the line of duty, who is there to help them?  Generally it is not the government.  In fact, the First Responder may...

You’ve retired from your primary career.  You’ve found your second half in another field – something like real estate, for example – and you know that work and money aren’t the sum and substance of your life.  So now what do you do? For Harold and Carol Plemons, parents of two boys with two grandchildren...

What leads someone to become a volunteer?  For Rachel Moore it started early.  While still in school in Hickman County, Tennessee, she liked to read so she volunteered at her local library.  And her mother always told her “You need to help someone whenever you can, because you may need help sometime, too.” For Rachel...

Well hello there, my name is Donna.  It’s so nice to meet you! I’d like to share a little bit about Safe Haven Family Shelter and “our” story.  Safe Haven is the only “family” shelter in Nashville, where a family can stay together.  I started volunteering there about 10 years ago.  Compared to many, many...