Did you know that one of the main benefits of volunteering is to make YOU happier?
This summer, for the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting some ways you can volunteer in your community.
Week Four:
Visit a senior center. An hour or two a week visiting with seniors will make a big difference in their lives, and in yours. Residents enjoy conversations and caring connections. Make a point to find a lonely senior and spend quality time with him or her.
Do you have a senior center in your area? Have you ever visited? Please leave your comments below.
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There’s nothing a Christmas kiss won’t cure. Except perhaps a shattered heart…
When Emmanuelle Sumter steps off the train in Cherish, South Carolina—a town simply glowing with the promise of Christmas—she finds herself praying God will help her find the broken pieces of her life. Shattered, like her beloved harp. Her dreams. And her trust in men.
Her friend Dorothy told her Cherish is a safe haven. But she never expected Dorothy’s brother, Deputy Nicholas Thompson, would relight the one thing she thought she’d lost forever. A spark of hope.
Not long ago, while Nicholas’ sister was in rehab, Emmanuelle’s voice and smile on his Skype screen held him together. After that, she seemed to disappear, an absence he felt keenly when his ex-fiancée left his faith in God dented but not broken.
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I love all of the posts you’ve done on ways to volunteer. My hubby and I used to help care for his mom’s friend, who became an honorary aunt. We used to ferry her to the senior center and take her to her doctors’ appointments and errands. I send packages to the soldiers and most recently have become involved in making paracord bracelets to be sent to them, although it doesn’t help my tendonitis any, so I have to do them in stages. Thanks for sharing all of the great ideas.
Congrats on the new release!
Thanks so much! Wonderful about transporting your “honorary” aunt to the senior center and making bracelets for the soldiers…great!