Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
Where I Went: SCAT (Special Church Community Action Team) is a ministry of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Beaverton, OR. The church food bank is open certain days a week, but also asks volunteer teams to deliver food boxes to families without transportation. Our family makes … [Read more...]
Where I went: This week, I served a great love of mine. I am heartbroken because this love has lost her main caretaker. As such, she will soon qualify as “less fortunate”. My love is the school library. Some background: When I was little, I wanted to be a librarian. … [Read more...]
Welcome, Frugal Living NW Readers! I hope reading the FLNW article about volunteering at Children’s Book Bank inspires you to help there or with another worthy organization. My blog began as an attempt to gain more compassion by serving others. You can read about the … [Read more...]
Where I went: HomePlate is a nonprofit organization that supports struggling teens. Some of the kids are “couch-surfers” - sleeping on sofa’s at friends houses. Some have tough home lives. Some can’t find anywhere to sleep. A few of these kids have babies themselves. Every … [Read more...]
What it is: The Beaverton School District (BSD) serving Beaverton and parts of NW Portland, OR, sponsors this volunteer opportunity. The Fork it Over welcome letter gives a program overview: School cafeteria food, which would otherwise be thrown out, is packaged by nutrition … [Read more...]