Thursday, June 25th, 2015
One of the things I appreciate most in this world is beauty. And while loveliness can take many forms, I’m especially fond of the raw beauty found in nature and beauty as a form of artistic expression.
That’s why my …
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
Now that I’m semi-settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’m looking for volunteering adventures in my own backyard. So when my friend Aura suggested I volunteer with her one Saturday morning at the Gardens of Lake Merritt in Oakland, …
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Last week while staying in Long Beach, I’d take a long walk on the beach every day. Unfortunately, this wasn’t a particularly pleasant experience due the trash the littered the sand—from plastic bags to bottle caps to bits of styrofoam …
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
This week – on March 3rd—we celebrated World Wildlife Day, a day dedication to the diversity of the world’s wildlife and raising the awareness of threats to the our fauna and flora.
Which makes this the perfect time to tell …
Friday, December 5th, 2014
One of the great benefits of my REI partnership is that in each of the major cities—Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, I participate in a volunteer days with REI members working with local land conversation groups.
Planting Seeds
In …
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
This past weekend I was super excited for my upcoming volunteer stint at GLIDE, a famous San Francisco institution that serves meals to the city’s homeless population. I signed up about 6 weeks in advance and drove a nearly …
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Last month I spoke at my local Lions Club and after my presentation they made me an honorary member of their club. I’m honored to be a very first “Friend of the Lions” since these individuals do such good for …
Friday, November 29th, 2013
This year to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday I wanted to concentrate more on the “thanking” side of things and less on the “giving.” So I decided to start the week by volunteering and joined up with a local Rotary Club …
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
While at the end of the world, I ran into tons of people who wanted to visit Antarctica. And tons of people who didn’t want to, or couldn’t, pay for it. There’s an answer: penguin counting.
Doug, one of the …
Monday, June 4th, 2012
While visiting Kandy, my friend Anura introduced me to a children’s home called Singithi Sevana, which means Children’s Rest. The home provides residential care for 2-12 year old orphaned and needy children from Sri Lanka’s Hill Country.
The Children:
Presently, …