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A Holiday Service Experience with my Daughter: Spreading Cheer to a Senior
This Christmas, my 13 year old daughter, Aria, and I took part in a special charity project through Serving Our Seniors (SOS) and Charities2Love (C2L). It’s a program that helps bring joy to senior citizens who may be struggling or feeling isolated. The idea was simple but impactful: pick up a Christmas gift basket and…
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Kindness in the City: A Volunteer’s Experience at The Stewpot
As soon as I arrived at The Stewpot in downtown Dallas with my group of Charities2Love volunteers, I could tell that it was going to be a fun and involved volunteering experience! Hundreds of empty boxes were placed in groups of 9 spread out across a parking garage. The entry and exit point for cars…
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Turn Hunger into Hope: Feeding Children Worldwide
Charities2Love volunteers had an incredible time while making a huge impact at Feed My Starving Children’s “Turn Hunger into Hope” Mega-Volunteer event! More than 65 of our volunteers joined hundreds of other volunteers over the course of a weekend to create meal packs that would be distributed overseas. Impact of a 2 hour Volunteer Shift…
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How Small Contributions make a Big Impact and Change Lives
I had the privilege of hearing a profound statement by a speaker at a recent volunteering event. These words have stayed with me long after the event was done: “Even small contributions, such as school supplies, can motivate children to continue their education, which in turn contributes to poverty reduction.” Back to School is different…
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The Life-Changing Impact of Community Service: My Personal Experience
This is the beginning of my journey to community service. As a first time volunteer with Charities2Love for their April volunteering event, I was astonished. The goal of the event was to support Children in Crisis, and it was a collaboration they were having with Color Me SAFE Foundation. Both are local nonprofit organizations in…