By Gary Hume | Sep 15, 2015
Parenting education is the focus of my volunteer activity. I call it the passion of my third age! My motivation to pursue this work was the help I received from other parents when my sons were teenagers. It was, quite simply, transformative. I learned how to be both...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Sep 14, 2015
I visit elementary children one-on-one during their lunch time at Denison Elementary School in Cleveland, Ohio as part of a mentoring program run by Greater Cleveland Volunteers. I meet up with them while their class walks to the cafeteria, they collect their lunch...
By Gary Hume | Sep 8, 2015
After 33 years as a captain of the Chesapeake, Virginia Police Department, I retired to fill a void – hoping to find a better way to address search-and-rescue operations for individuals with Alzheimer’s or dementia. During my leadership in the department,...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Sep 8, 2015
With training in library science and history, I have long been interested in making sure African-American history is preserved for the youth. Much of that history is missing from the record, or inaccurately remembered. It is important to find documents and information...
By Gary Hume | Sep 8, 2015
After working for 25 years as a government agency environmental scientist, I unexpectedly launched an encore career. I am having a wonderful time bringing my work experience and knowledge to the classroom, educating current and future environmental scientists and...
