On today’s show I’ll share two interviews of communities working with their members to help one another.  To often we think ‘there’s nothing I can do’, our problems are so massive no one person can make a difference.   I hope today’s show will change your opinion on that and spur you to take action and help someone.  Remember there’s no telling how much impact an act of kindness can have. 1st up we will listen to my interview with Matthew from the Circle of Hope church.  Their pastor has created a program they call Debt Annihilation to help members of the congregation escape from credit card debt hell.Next my interview with Stephanie Enos from the Human Services Center.  Which provides a number of important social services to members of the community including free tax preparation.Episode Notes Theme music from Purple Planethttps://www.purple-planet.com/ Circle of Hope Churchcircleofhope.net Human Services Center Website:hscc-mvpc.orgFacebook page:https://www.facebook.com/humanservicescenterturtlecreek/  Link to sign up for a volunteer shift:https://volunteer.uwswpa.org/search-new?shareId=eee9b159118c438abcde55066261a9c6 

I’m delighted to have found Julie Akins another example of synchronicity.  Julie’s solution to providing the homeless not only with a place to live but also mobility is so ingenious that upon hearing about it I knew she would be a wonderful guest for the show.I think you will indeed find that to be true but what I found after speaking to her was that beyond her inginuity Julie brings a compassion and passion to her work that we can all admire and hope to emulate.Episode Notes Theme music from Purple Planethttps://www.purple-planet.com/ Journey Home Foundation – formerly VehiclesforChangeshttps://journeyhomefoundation.com/

Our 1st story gave us the title for this episode The Beauty and Serentity of the Water Lantern FestivalLet’s listen to my interview with Katie from the Water Lantern Festival to find out more. Episode Notes Theme music from Purple Planethttps://www.purple-planet.com/ Grassroots Compassion https://uplift.tv/2019/maya-soetoro-ng-grassroots-compassion/?utm_source=UPLIFT&utm_campaign=755d15c3a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_28_05_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_19c1fc07c2-755d15c3a6-116703029 How Andrew McCutchen plans to give back to Pittsburgh this fallhttps://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2019/09/27/andrew-mccutchen-news-pittsburgh-voluteer-week/stories/201909290017 

On today’s show I will share my interview with the Co-Founder and CEO of 412 Food Rescue.Through the cooperation of numerous restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores along with a team of dedicated volunteers the 412 Food Rescue organization redirects fresh, healthy food from going to landfills to serving those who are food insecure.The name derives from the area code for Pittsburgh Pennsylvania but as we’ll learn the organization has expanded its reach well beyond Pittsburgh and has even larger goals for the future.Episode Notes Theme music from Purple Planethttps://www.purple-planet.com/ 412 Food Rescuehttps://412foodrescue.org/ School Principal Writes Adorable Letter to the Tooth Fairy After Distraught Boy Loses Tooth During Recesshttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/principal-writes-letter-to-tooth-fairy-after-boy-loses-tooth/ US veteran fixes cars for freehttps://hardluckauto.org/