SALEM, Ohio — Jamie Hile works full-time as a registered nurse and has three children, so it’s safe to say her time is at a premium. Still, for the past six months, she has volunteered at least twice a month for the giveaways held by The Brightside Project in Salem. Hile heard about the nonprofit’s […]
By Michael Moliterno It’s understandable if a new parent expresses worry over the responsibility of raising a child. It’s a lifelong commitment and you’re guaranteed to make mistakes. That worry is compounded if your child is diagnosed with Down syndrome. So it’s no small amount of responsibility that 23-year-old Marlena Timmerman carries along with her […]
By Michael Moliterno While interviewing for a job at the Centers for Hearing Care in Boardman, Gibby Ball found her interests being pulled away from her future employer and toward the nonprofit with which it was affiliated. “I wound up asking more questions about the [Hearing] Missions Foundation than I did the job,” she recalls. […]
By Michael MoliternoNEW CASTLE, Pa. — With a pale fall sunlight filling the classroom, all attention is on Jocelyn Beatty and the lesson she’s giving. “This will take you about 15 minutes to fill in,” she says, demonstrating to the class how to paint individual kernels on an ear of corn. This is the water […]
By Jeremy Lydic YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — From school children to senior citizens to babies in strollers, volunteer docents serve the mission of The Butler Institute of American Art by bringing art to regional residents who otherwise don’t often get to the museum. That means a great deal to Hannah Moses, who has been a docent […]