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Tag: Volunteer Odyssey

Community

Youth Villages Runners Club: Great things come from small interactions

Dannon Thornton March 23, 2023 Volunteer OdysseyYouth VillagesYouth Villages Runners Club

Runners Club began as a coincidence. Paul Ireland, more commonly known as Coach Spunky, was the “trifecta” Youth Villages didn’t know they needed. He had…

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Community

Volunteer Odyssey, the local nonprofit volunteer center, is turning 10 in 2023

Dannon Thornton February 2, 2023 Sarah PetschonekVolunteer Odyssey

Celebrate with us on April 15 with a morning of volunteering, an afternoon of fun 10 years of building a pathway to volunteerism that enriches…

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A Community in Film: Supporting Indie Memphis

Dannon Thornton October 17, 2022 Indie MemphisVolunteerVolunteer Odyssey

The Indie Memphis Film Festival is more than just films, just like Indie Memphis is more than just a Festival. Their mission is to create…

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2 women at LITE Memphis Pitch Night
Community Featured Story

LITE Memphis: Creating Wealth through Entrepreneurship

Dannon Thornton June 20, 2022 EntrepreneursLITE MemphisVolunteer Odyssey

“LITE Memphis is the opportunity.”  – Terini Dewberry, LITE Memphis program alumni and current coach/mentor Terini Dewberry joined LITE Memphis during her last semester of…

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Two people wearing Cooper-Young Community Farmers Garden t-shirts give each other a high five in front of a rainbow wall.
Community Featured Story

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market: More Than a Market

Dannon Thornton May 9, 2022 Cooper-YoungCooper-Young Community Farmers MarketMidtownVolunteer Odyssey

“There’s so much more to this than just a market” Sarah Turner, Market Manager for the CYCFM The Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFG) is a…

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Community Featured Story

Southern Reins: Equine-Assisted Services to Empower, Inspire, Nurture and Succeed

Dannon Thornton April 13, 2022 HorseSouthern ReinsTherapyVolunteer Odyssey

Jordan Walker, Southern Reins’ Director of Development and Communications, and Dannon Eubanks, the Director of Community Engagement for Volunteer Odyssey, collaborated on this story. Southern…

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V&E Greenline: Volunteers Make Rails-to-Trails Project Possible

Dannon Thornton March 10, 2022 V&E GreenlineVollintine Evergreen Historic DistrictVolunteerVolunteer Odyssey

“If this means so much to you then why don’t you get involved”? “Okay, I will”  – The 5-second interaction that changed the trajectory of…

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Dorothy Day House: Providing Homes for Families

Dannon Thornton February 17, 2022 Dorothy Day HousehomelessnessMemphisVolunteer Odyssey

“If you need it in your house, we need it in our house times nine.” – Sister Maureen, Executive Director of the Dorothy Day House…

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Volunteer Odyssey Invites You to Transform Memphis

Dannon Thornton December 20, 2021 NonprofitsSarah PetschonekVolunteerVolunteer Odyssey

“We can elevate and transform our community through volunteerism. We just need enough volunteers to make it happen.” Volunteer Odyssey Memphis is an incredibly philanthropic…

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