#give back

By Richard K. Noots If you’ve ever been to prison or hit rock bottom in your life, you know how hard it can be to pull yourself by your bootstraps (or whatever it is people say). That’s why this new company, Second Chance, Inc. is such an awesome thing to witness. Not only does it give a way for […]

By Jack Day “Energy, enthusiasm, and a sparkle in her eye all the time.” This is how Nanci Micke remembers her former school teacher, Violet Laack. Violet, or Vi as those who knew her often called her, was an English teacher in Chilton, Wisconsin for over 50 years. As someone who was highly

By Jack Day To give is benevolent. To give everything is saintly. That’s what recently happened when an unidentified homeless person left an envelope containing 18 cents in the church collection plate at the First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the envelope there was a

Back in high school as we prepared our college applications, we were often asked (sometimes trite) questions about times we’d helped others, served our communities, or been selfless in the face of adversity. We thought to the times our parents had sent us on mission trips, the soup kitchens we’d

Some of the best experiences you can take part in for yourself aren’t about you at all, they’re about other people. Few feelings compare to the joy of giving back to the community and