Category Archives: Humanity

Bread for the City’s “Glean for the City”

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Jane Collins

On a road trip with Bread for the City to the corn fields of Parker Farms last week, 25 of us volunteers discovered some surprising facts about corn and how much is really available to feed the hungry. Click here … Continue reading →

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Get Out and Give Back: A Zen Volunteer Morning with Borromeo Housing

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Jane Collins

  Normally volunteer work entails lots of activity, people, energy and more often than not, chaos. What a nice change of pace it was to help out in Borromeo Housing’s infant care supply center, established to support young mothers, where … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jane Collins

My Dad passed away a week before Christmas in 2007, and this is the first year I can walk past a rack of Father’s Day cards without getting weepy. Most of you don’t know my Dad but I wish you … Continue reading →

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Girls on the Run – Running for Greatness

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jane Collins

When I retired from the United States Air Force in September of 2009, I was most excited about never, ever having to run again.  Running is part of the mililtary culture, and even though the Air Force only requires one timed 1.5 mile … Continue reading →

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A Second Chance

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Jane Collins

     My niece Sarah is a blue-eyed blond, 20 years old and works as a waitress in a steakhouse during her college summer breaks. She comes from a good family, was a high school honors student and has worked since … Continue reading →

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Get Out and Give Back – It’s What You Get, not What You Give

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Jane Collins

I took almost a year off from writing Get Out and Give Back after retiring from the United States Air Force to decide what I wanted my post-Air Force life to look like. And I realized that I missed writing … Continue reading →

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Lenore

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Jane Collins

I ran into Lenore last week on my way to do my Wednesday service work at our church.  Lenore was with a younger guy, and she was walking away from the church entrance, not toward it.  Knowing that Lenore normally … Continue reading →

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$3.99

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Jane Collins

As I prepare to move the “Get Out and Give Back” blog and newspaper column to a bigger writing/speaking/coaching venue, I realized that I’d been spending too much time in the last few months holed up developing the business and not enough … Continue reading →

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The “D” Word

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Jane Collins

     Fifteen years ago I survived a divorce. It was something that had to happen, and for two years my soul was dragged slowly across the jagged floor of hell. It felt like being pushed blindfolded off a high dive … Continue reading →

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Can You Spare a Smile?

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Jane Collins

     I’ve written about this topic before, but it bears repeating – at least to me.              I work live and work in the greater Washington, D.C. area, and take the Metro (subway) to and from work because DC traffic … Continue reading →

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Each September

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Jane Collins

       It’s now a few days after Sept. 11.  Every single one of you remembers what you were doing that day seven years ago. I was in India teaching English to Hindu orphans. Here’s what I remember:               The … Continue reading →

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Clueless

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Jane Collins

      I almost didn?t write this story because I?m too embarrassed.  But, here it is.             The worst part about our vacation to Cuzco, Peru, last month was being hounded by dozens of impoverished street vendors who pestered us … Continue reading →

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Gimme a Push

Posted on February 13, 2007 by kannon58

Three years ago I had a midlife crisis and I solved it the American way – I bought an overpriced, imported red convertible. I really did my homework before driving it off of the lot and could recite the size … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Time

Posted on August 10, 2006 by kannon58

“One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove or what kind of clothes I wore. All that will matter is that I made a difference in the life of a child.” Between you … Continue reading →

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The Happy Meal

Posted on July 9, 2006 by kannon58

A few years back when I was working a media event at the Arizona State Fair and comatose on funnel cakes, a friend and I escaped from the fairgrounds for some gourmet haute cuisine at Wendy’s a few blocks away. … Continue reading →

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