There are 5 article(s) tagged volunteers:

• January 2025

  • Wellness fair brings healthful info (and snacks) to the people

    Leadership Memphis hosted the MLK Health and Wellness Day event as part of its volunteer efforts around the city tied to the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. 

    By Jody Callahan January 18, 2025

• December 2024

  • Team Max helps fill the stomachs of Memphis’ hungry people

    Aided by more than 130 volunteers, Team Max distributes 6,000 large food baskets to those in need, including 3,000 handed out on a chilly Saturday morning at the Mid-South Food Bank in South Memphis.

    By Jody Callahan December 14, 2024

• November 2024

  • Volunteers feed thousands in Pinch District on Thanksgiving Day

    First-time and veteran volunteers spent two days cooking and prepping enough food for more than 1,000 people during Westy’s annual mission to serve a Thanksgiving meal to Memphians in need.

    By Jody Callahan November 28, 2024

• July 2024

  • Horses and people find solace in greener pastures at Southern Reins

    This nonprofit creates space for healing and second chances for people with autism, trauma or other diagnoses, and also for horses that had careers in the show ring, on the polo field or elsewhere.

    By Aisling Mäki July 14, 2024

• February 2021

  • Vaccine volunteers talk about why and what they do

    Skills of all kinds are needed, and experts say volunteers will be needed for months and months.

    By Jane Roberts February 08, 2021