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When our children are sick, we wish we can take it away, don’t we? We want to take their pain/suffering on ourselves. What happens to the children in other countries and even in our own who are not able to get the medical care they need?! There is an incredible organization, Healing the Children and we have the opportunity to hear from the executive director of the Florida/Georgia chapter, Arlene Rhodenbeck.
For Arlene, it began when she was a young girl and her mother, then a Mary Kay representative happened upon a person from Healing the children back in 1979. She was so touched with the story that she wrote to the founder and began to send money. Eventually, her heart strings were being pulled… so she asked her children for their support in being a part of Healing the Children. She started the Northeast chapter in 1980.
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Some people have challenging, life altering experiences in life and learn from them. Some people go beyond that and not only learn from them, but decides that this new appreciation for life, this blessing causes them to give back in a big way. This holds true for Dr. Dara Winfield who through various chapters in her own life has now created Soulful Moments, Inc. where women can become inspired and become more “soulful”.
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Summer is just about here and what are we going to do with our children? How about volunteer in our community? This is a fantastic opportunity to share with our families how we can volunteer and help others in our very own community! We have Heather Jack who has founded the incredible Volunteer Family website. She and her family live just west of Boston, Massachusettes and shares with us how we can make a difference.
As a mother, Heather began to see and understand how family and community are both interrelated. She started to volunteer simply by making dinner for an elderly woman in her neighborhood and brought her young daughter with her. Now, years later, she still brings meals and her children have now grown up with this warm woman who is now a part of their lives.
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Teachers all should have golden halos above their heads!!! We all appreciate their enthusiasm, their genuine love for teaching and the difference they make in each of our children’s lives! We also know that there are just some teachers out there who are “extraordinary” and seldom get the recognition. Well, this week we have Sherayne Flowers, a Fabulous First Grade teacher here in Orlando, Florida at Sunrise Elementary School, who also happens to be my daughter’s teacher this year. She is amazing, loving, vivacious, and definitely passionate in her calling as an educator.
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We open this week’s show with a sheep named Rambo who was mentioned on last week’s show. Kathy Stevens tells us the incredible story of how Rambo was a sheep who was traumatized by being locked up with 17 animals and was not well taken care of. Consequently, he was a very timid sheep. What amazed me was Kathy’s comment of witnessing an animal’s capacity to evolve. Rambo began to trust his caretakers at the sanctuary and one night began to emerge from his dark past. (Yes, we’re still talking about a sheep…) This one cold night, he found his voice again and was telling Kathy in his “sheep talk” that the turkeys were not in their safe place during this very cold night! She was shocked! And to this day, Kathy says Rambo is the guardian of all the animals at the sanctuary to tell her or the staff is something is wrong with any of the animals.
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For all of us animal lovers out there, this is a wonderful place for our families to donate our time and our resources! We have an interesting discussion with author and founder of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Kathy Stevens. She also wrote the book, Where the Blind Horse Sings where we learn about all the fun and lively animals on her farm at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary.
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This week, we share with you a volunteer of the Beta Center who has volunteered her time and energy for over 30 years!!! She is an incredibly warm and generous woman who tells us some very special stories of the girls who have touched her lives.Mary Palombi is just the type of woman you want to hug when you meet her!
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Imagine being 16 years old and discovering that you are pregnant. Then, imagine not having family support. What would you do? Where could you go? We are so fortunate to have with us this week, Ms. Hope Kramer, the CEO of the Beta Center here in Orlando, Florida. This is a place very dear to my heart because I volunteer regularly at the Beta Center. Each time I go teach my girls about women’s health or their pregnancies, I always leave there feeling such pride for these young women. Despite all odds, they are at the Beta Center every day completing their education, but most importantly learning how to be loving parents.
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Picture women laughing, drinking some good vino, enjoying each other’s company and some delicious food. Could be anywhere, right? How about adding a dose of positive energy and celebration of womanhood? All together we have the fantastic organization, Chix Making the Difference. Debbie Martinez and Terlisa Faye Sheppard are the co-creators of this celebration of life and we are so lucky to have Debbie with us for this week’s show.
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Welcome to the first We Make A Difference Show! I am so excited to share this show with all of you because it is so important for us to realize that we do make a difference in everything that we do, whether we know it or not.
Our first show is really an introduction to what this show is really about. I wanted to share with you a little bit about how I found time to volunteer and give back to my community. At first, the thought was a bit daunting with having three young children, but you know that saying, “When there’s a will, there’s a way?” So, I did. I started with Meals on Wheels and eventually added other things.
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