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From the Heart: Give to Charities You Love
If you’ve lived in North Texas for any amount of time, then it is inevitable that you will have heard of “Giving Day” around the time that kids go back to school. If you work for an organization that matches donations, you may be familiar with this day as well. But for the rest of…
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Double your Fun and Impact by Volunteering with a Friend
This is your sign to grab a friend and go volunteer with them. You won’t regret it! Charities2Love’s August volunteering event was on August 19th, 2023 at the Tarrant Area Food Bank in Fort Worth. I was extremely excited for the opportunity to volunteer there. I have volunteered at other food banks in the past,…
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Feeding Hope: Why Volunteering at the Food Bank Matters
It’s hard for most of us to imagine what being truly hungry is. We have plenty of food in our refrigerator and pantry, and we have the luxury of going out to restaurants on the days we don’t. We can now even have our favorite foods delivered to us. We often start planning our next…
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My Unforgettable Day of Volunteering
On my first day back from a long, 15 day vacation, I accompanied my mom for an unforgettable day of volunteering. Our plan was to go to two locations in downtown Dallas to drop off food made at a volunteering event for those experiencing homelessness. We packed our car with 680 PBJ sandwiches, 75 sack…
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Making Time to Volunteer Is Easy
The countdown to age 65 has begun. That’s when I can “retire” and do all the things on my bucket list. Like traveling the world, visiting every brewery and coffee shop in town, and volunteering my time on a regular basis. The daily grind of the workweek and the packed weekend social calendar leaves no…