The Art of Volunteering

Kathy Grubelic is the Volunteer Coordinator/Community Engagement Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity Cape May County. In today's episode, Kathy highlights the sourcing and onboarding volunteer processes of the affiliate and how she works with volunteers to help place them on the path where their interest and talents work best. Links for today's episode: Habitat for Humanity Cape May Coun...

Pastor Adonia Magwaza speaks to the incredible challenges in his 1,200-person church. With 90% unemployment, he and his wife are teaching skills that provide an income to pay for basic needs. He shares how his faith is the core value that motivates him to serve his community. Links for today's episode: Episode Transcription - www.heatheroaks.com/2023/01/25/adonia_magwaza Join the FB Community...

On this episode, Stormy is joined by fellow Lasell University alumnus Shirley Fan-Chan. Shirley is the founding member of Students Assisting Students a 100% volunteer group who pack care bags for college students in need. Links for today's episode: Students Assisting Students - www.studentsassistingstudents.org Episode Transcription - www.heatheroaks.com/2023/01/04/shirley_fan-chan Join the F...

On today's episode we are joined by Benjamin Baham a volunteer firefighter and EMS officer with the Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department in the Tangipahoa Parish of Louisiana. Ben shares the process volunteer firefighters have to go through, what a T-shirt firefighter is, and how volunteering has impacted his own life. Links for today's episode: Benjamin Baham, FireRescue1 - www.fireres...

On this episode Dr. Kathleen O'Connor, former Vice President of Enrollment Management for Lasell University, discusses the importance of volunteering on higher education applications. Links for today's episode: Episode Transcription - https://heatheroaks.com/2022/11/30/dr_kathleen_oconnor Join the FB Community: bit.ly/3tLaY1B Join the Mailing List: bit.ly/36VmYUY

Troy Childress is a high school guidance counselor who shares his perspective on the importance of student community service in high school and how to create a strategy that strengthens a college application. Links for today's episode: Episode Transcription - https://heatheroaks.com/2022/11/02/troy_childress Join the FB Community: bit.ly/3tLaY1B Join the Mailing List: bit.ly/36VmYUY

Sue Griffin shares her journey as a polio survivor as well as a nurse and how these combined experiences enable her to volunteer with compassion. She helps those living with polio to live with dignity and hope. Polio NZ exists to create conditions so that polio survivors live life to its full potential and achieve optimum quality of life. Links for today's episode: Polio New Zealand - www.pol...

Nancy Labov has been working as a nurse in psychiatric and addiction services for more than 25 years. She has always believed in the power of community resourcing and people working together towards a common goal. She has a passion for recovery and prevention and recognizes that identification and awareness are key factors. In 2014, the framework for Alumni in Recovery was founded as a result of h...

"In this field of working with grief due to loss of a loved one or working with people in recovery, volunteering our time to help others ‘behind’ us on this path is crucial."  In this week's episode Dee Gillen of The Black Poster Project shares her journey of healing in the aftermath of her son's overdose. Today the organization is a place of healing for countless people. Links...

Cancer entered the lives of two families. The mom’s share how their experiences birthed Kids Can’t Fight Cancer Alone. Kids Can’t Fight Cancer Alone is an all-volunteer organization whose entire mission is to meet the needs of families facing childhood cancer. Their mission is uniting communities throughout a tri-county area of northeast Pennsylvania. Links for today's episode: Kids Can'...

Lorrie Hamilton has been working alongside volunteers for over 20 years, and now leads the Volunteer Program at Longwood Gardens. She supports a team of over 600 volunteers as they assist staff in all departments at the gardens. Longwood strives to find meaningful roles for their volunteers. Their volunteers are an essential and much appreciated part of the Longwood family. Links for today's...

Our guest today is Courtney Amberg. A volunteer with the New York Junior League since 2017, her focus has always been on the community side, working with young children and her love of theater through Beacon 2 Broadway. Courtney also volunteers with City Meals on Wheels, delivering meals to home bound New Yorkers. Links for today's episode: The New York Junior League  - www.nyjl.org Transcrip...

Meals on Wheels North Jersey is celebrating 50 years of service this year. Their motto of being “more than a meal” motivates approximately 500 volunteers to bring a hot meal the client’s door. Even school children share their time to help bring a smile to a senior’s face. Links to stories shared in today’s episode: Meals on Wheels North Jersey - www.mealsonwheelsnorthjersey.org Meals on Wheels of...

Lifelong volunteer Sheila Capperauld sits down with us to discuss her work on two continents. From being on a hot air crew to being a pickleball aficionado, courthouse therapy dog handler, and a preschool storyteller we hear about the many lives that she has touched. Links: Pickleball Association of NSW - www.pickleballnsw.org Canine Court Companion Program - nsw.guidedogs.com.au/our-dogs/canine-c...

Set decor volunteer Lauren Zenreich leads a team of artisans who create the backdrop that allows for the performance on stage to masterfully tell the story. Links: Bergen County Players - www.bcplayers.org Transcript - www.heatheroaks.com/2022/05/25/lauren_zenreich Join the FB Community: bit.ly/3tLaY1B Join the Mailing List: bit.ly/36VmYUY  

Melodic sounds, gentle waves, and pre-summer rays makes Sue Davoli’s experience as the Box Office Queen for the Exit Zero Jazz Festival so much fun. “Complex harmonies, syncopated rhythms, and a heavy emphasis on improvisation” (Masterclass.com, Nov 8, 2020) sets the stage for the Exit Zero Jazz Festival. Founded by Michael Klein upon his return from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. COVID prom...

Educator, author, and volunteer Delores Connors speaks to the unspoken commitment individuals make when they volunteer. Author of I Don’t Want to Go! and You See, Mom... Delores reflects on the challenges of children on the spectrum. Delores helps to shine a light on the disproportionate equity of reading support in Harlem, advocating literacy through Total Equity Now (TEN). Schools without librar...

Special Events Director for the New Jersey Audubon, Lillian Armstrong and Stormy Bell talk about the value NJ Audubon places on the skills and passion of bird and preservation of their habitats that their volunteers bring to their organization. Links: New Jersey Audubon – www.njaudubon.org Golden Gate Raptor Observatory -  www.parksconservancy.org/programs/golden-gate-raptor-observatory World Seri...

Childhood cancer survivor, Sami Gray, discusses her journey and motivation for volunteerism. She shares compassion with the greater childhood cancer community. Her enthusiasm for life and giving back is an encouragement for all of our listeners. Links: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – www.chop.edu Make-A-Wish – www.wish.org Alex’s Lemonade Stand - www.alexslemonade.org Jason’s Friends – www.j...