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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!

She discusses with us how in the early days of the Beta Center, volunteers did just about everything… from cleaning to directly helping with the young girls. But, of course, as the Beta Center grew, the volunteers were also needed in other areas of the Beta Center.

Now, volunteers can help out in the pantry, in the nursery, with the young toddlers in the room, or with community service activities. They still are able to administer pregnancy tests, but the close interaction with the young residents are now shared hugely by the master’s prepared professionals who can assist the young girls with any special problems. This is not to say that Mary does not help with the girls, but she also does a million other things too!

She also mentions a great nurse, Noreen Lantry who teaches the girls at the Beta Center how to take care of not only themselves, but also their growing babies. Noreen started out as a volunteer as well and now works there full time making a difference every day for over 20 years!

She encourages us to take the time to volunteer with such a worthwhile organization! Whatever you would like to do or are interested in, the Beta Center has that for you. All you need to do is ask and guaranteed, you will be hooked for life or at least 30 years like Mary was! See, when you volunteer you just find that you are there to stay. The girls of the Beta Center need you!!!

I also talk briefly about their Annual Hearts & Dreams breakfast that shares with the community about the Beta Center and how you can help. It is such a special event that always causes me to count the blessings of each person who make the Beta Center so successful for our youth that so need the Beta Center.

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