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A Visit of Gratitude and Unexpected Joy
Our hearts were overflowing with gratitude and a deep sense of joy. As a family, we had decided to embrace the spirit of the season by spreading a little holiday cheer, and delivering a basket full of goodies to brighten someone else’s day. A warm welcome to her inviting home That Thursday evening, as the…
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The Moment You Start to See: How Volunteering Opened My Eyes to the Struggles of Others
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi. I never understood that quote. I thought volunteering was just about giving, but it turned out to be so much more. Volunteering helps you see what you used to miss. I never saw how people were struggling…
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An Hour of Service: My First Time Serving Dinner at a Homeless Shelter
I didn’t know what to expect as I walked through the door marked “The Stewpot” for the first time to serve dinner at a Dallas Homeless Shelter called The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center. Along with other Charities2Love volunteers, I had an inkling that it would be a different experience than any other volunteer opportunity I…
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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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Celebrating One Year of Charities2Love: 10 Highlights from our Launch Year
If anyone had told me about some of the adventures and experiences I would encounter in my first year after launching Charities2Love, I would have thought they had a very vivid imagination. What I learned is that we should not be limited by our imagination! The vision I had to support causes and charities doing…