By Media Coverage | Feb 24, 2015
It was 3:00 a.m. on a July morning in 2000 and, at 66 years of age, I was among 50 Peace Corps trainees who landed at Queen Alia airport outside of Amman. The temperature had fallen to 104 degrees from 120. I enjoyed living in Jordan and, especially, the Jordanians...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Feb 24, 2015
I am part of a program sponsored by AmeriCorps serving the Mesa School District in Arizona that I learned about through my local encore organization, Experience Matters. The program enlists adult mentors to work in stipended positions in 3rd through 6th grade...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Feb 18, 2015
Some years ago, I unexpectedly found that Lexington, Kentucky, my hometown, had its own chapter of Spellbinders – a national nonprofit group connecting seniors with children through Storytelling. This is it, Aha, at last! I knew I had found what I wanted to do...
