Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
What if you could shop, accessorize, AND feed the homeless all at the same time? My great friend, Lynnae, is making this all possible. Lynnae is an Independent Stylist for Stella & Dot, a jewelry and accessory line with collections featured in magazines like In Style and … [Read more...]
Where I Went: Last week, I volunteered with The Children’s Book Bank and sorted through some of the 100,000 books donated to Portland’s low-income children. You can read all about that experience here. First Impressions: When I began my 2012 experiment to volunteer different … [Read more...]
Where I Went: The City of Portland gave The Children’s Book Bank the task of sorting and distributing a donation of 100,000 books for local school children. The following lists a more accurate description, taken directly from Hands On Portland’s volunteer website: On behalf of … [Read more...]
What I did: This week I solicited donations from businesses, friends, and strangers for NCompass’ 4th Annual Christmas Festival for the Homeless. First Impressions: I am thrilled that Kaleo, our church, volunteered to take on the donation piece of the NCompass’ Festival. … [Read more...]
I’m sorry. Are the above questions to pushy? I’m desperate. Not desperate for me, please understand, but for my homeless friends in Portland. Winter is coming, you see. They will no longer be napping in the sun at Waterfront Park. They will be huddling together in doorways … [Read more...]