Aug 10, 20212 minNot Everyone Can Go To The Grocery StoreWe are VOA. “Washington is home,” Mark Greaby says. Until June 2020, long hours at work and difficult schedules prevented him and his...
Aug 10, 20212 minYou Can Make Today BetterI 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...
Aug 3, 20211 minThe Meat ManI 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...
Aug 3, 20212 minTaking Stock at the Everett Food BankI 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...
Apr 16, 20212 minHam 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,...
Mar 22, 20212 minFrom Toledo to Vietnam: Steve Kennedy's GiftsSteve 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....
Mar 18, 20211 minWho 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...
Mar 17, 20212 min27 Years of Conflict“A lot of conflict is just misunderstanding. Through mediation, they learn that the other person is not Satan incarnate, but somebody...
Jan 5, 20211 minThe Won't Let Me Work, So I VolunteerIf 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....
Jan 5, 20211 minDoing The Heavy Lifting For Others1.5 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...
Dec 31, 20201 minSolving Hunger With HeartIsaiah's playing "Need For Speed: Most Wanted" on his gaming laptop. Maybe it's because his whole world has slowed down, but there's...