Not Everyone Can Go To The Grocery Store
We are VOA. “Washington is home,” Mark Greaby says. Until June 2020, long hours at work and difficult schedules prevented him and his...
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Aug 10, 20212 min read
You Can Make Today Better
I am VOA. I just like to help people. It was just before my 7th birthday when my mom and I were driving home from school and a commercial...
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Aug 3, 20211 min read
The Meat Man
I am VOA. When my wife Donna said she was going to start volunteering at the Everett Food Bank last year, I told her to sign me up as...
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Aug 3, 20212 min read
Taking Stock at the Everett Food Bank
I am VOA. I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana doing volunteer work in my early teens. I went to elderly neighbors' houses and did small...
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Apr 16, 20212 min read
Ham and Cheese Online
“As a kid, I would bring extra ham and cheese sandwiches to school for the kids who didn’t have lunch. I was that kid who would notice,...
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Mar 22, 20212 min read
From Toledo to Vietnam: Steve Kennedy's Gifts
Steve Kennedy has seen the cost of addiction. He saw it when he was 13 years old, growing up in Toledo, Ohio in an Irish Catholic family....
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Mar 18, 20211 min read
Who is Olivia Tsang?
Speaking with Olivia Tsang, I get the feeling that she has found something on Casino Road. After time in Indiana and California, her...
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Mar 17, 20212 min read
27 Years of Conflict
“A lot of conflict is just misunderstanding. Through mediation, they learn that the other person is not Satan incarnate, but somebody...
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Jan 5, 20211 min read
The Won't Let Me Work, So I Volunteer
If you visit our Everett Food Bank, there's a good chance you'll talk to Nels. "I ask them if they want meat, dairy, or dog or cat food....
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Jan 5, 20211 min read
Doing The Heavy Lifting For Others
1.5 tons. That’s the total pounds of food that Mike Delaney estimates he hauls each Monday and Wednesday from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Since...
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Dec 31, 20201 min read
Solving Hunger With Heart
Isaiah's playing "Need For Speed: Most Wanted" on his gaming laptop. Maybe it's because his whole world has slowed down, but there's...
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