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I received a call on April 20, 2020 morning from a wonderful woman, Mrs. Sheri Tagliaferri, in Medway. She had recently lost her mom to cancer. However, even in such sorrow, her first thought was to help others. She had several cans of clam chowder (the only food her mom could eat) as well as adult women's Depends brand underwear...

Sarah Jeanne, a graduate of Colby College, who is also associated with the Young Adult Justice Program of the Presbyterian Church, has interned at A Place To Turn since July 2017. I spoke to her about what volunteering means to her and how A Place to Turn is making a difference in the community.

"You will never know how it is until you try it," is an often repeated statement in my house. It's not that I am a shy person but putting myself out there and explaining the crazy ideas in my head in front of a large crowd is hard for me. Besides, when I applied for the MIT Leadership Training Institute's...