I Care: Community Heroes
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Jessie Chambers rolls out a shopping cart full of food for a client at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Jessie Chambers helps a client with her food voucher at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Jessie Chambers rolls out a shopping cart full of food for a client at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Jessie Chambers started the Food Bank at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 84-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Jessie Chambers at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Jessie Chambers tidies up the gifts and merchandise at the Sutter Roseville gift shop where she has been volunteering for the last 32 years. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Jessie Chambers at the Sutter Roseville gift shop where she has been volunteering for the last 32 years. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville. -
Farmers Annie and Jeff Main clean and sort out oranges from Good Humus, a diverse organic farm created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Annie Main weighs oranges from Good Humus, a diverse organic farm created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Farmers Annie and Jeff Main clean and sort out oranges from Good Humus, a diverse organic farm created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Annie Main laughs as she sorts oranges from Good Humus, a diverse organic farm created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Jeff Main cleans freshly picked oranges at Good Humus, a diverse organic farm he and his wife Annie created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Jeff Main cleans tastes newly picked oranges at Good Humus, a diverse organic farm he and his wife Annie created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Jeff Main walks the orange grove at Good Humus, a diverse organic farm he and his wife Annie created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Farmers Annie and Jeff Main looks over cherry blossoms at Good Humus, a diverse organic farm they created from scratch 30 years. In order to ensure that future generations of farmers will be able to farm Good Humus upon the Mains' retirement, the One Farm At A Time Program was formed. Through fundraising efforts and contributions of the owners of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, One Farm At A Time is close to gaining enough funds to purchase an easement to preserve Good Humus for future generations of farmers. -
Helen Farrell holds a picture of herself at sixteen during her 100th birthday celebration. The centurion attributes her vitality to volunteerism. She says "If you're helping others you don't have time to worry about yourself (or your aches and pains)". The local poster "child" for senior volunteerism through RSVP (the Retired Senior Volunteer Program) for the last 39 years. -
Helen Farrell at her 100th birthday celebration. The centurion attributes her vitality to volunteerism. Farrell, who retired from accounting work at the Division of Highways in 1965, spent 39 years working for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. "Volunteering," she said, "kept me alive. ... If you're helping others you don't have time to worry about yourself." -
Helen Farrell at her 100th birthday celebration. The centurian attributes her vitality to volunteerism. She says "If you're helping others you don't have time to worry about yourself (or your aches and pains)". The local poster "child" for senior volunteerism through RSVP (the Retired Senior Volunteer Program) for the last 39 years. March 31, 2012 -
Helen Farrell at her 100th birthday celebration. The centurion attributes her vitality to volunteerism. Farrell, who retired from accounting work at the Division of Highways in 1965, spent 39 years working for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. "Volunteering," she said, "kept me alive. ... If you're helping others you don't have time to worry about yourself." -
Helen Farrell introduces her friends and family during her100th birthday party. "My family didn't know my friends, and my friends didn't know my family, so I wanted to introduce them," she said. -
Helen Farrell helped organize her 100th brithday party so that she could invite friends she made as a volunteer. "My family didn't know my friends, and my friends didn't know my family, so I wanted to introduce them," she said. -
Helen Farrell hugs her friend Marjorie Ellsbury. Farrell helped organize her 100th birthday party so that she could invite friends she made as a volunteer. "My family didn't know my friends, and my friends didn't know my family, so I wanted to introduce them," she said. -
Helen Farrell at her 100th birthday celebration. The centurion attributes her vitality to volunteerism. Farrell, who retired from accounting work at the Division of Highways in 1965, spent 39 years working for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. "Volunteering," she said, "kept me alive. ... If you're helping others you don't have time to worry about yourself." -
Jenna Arciero, at right, and Emma Meads are sewing, ironing and creating dresses from donated pillow cases to send to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. The two 16-year-olds from Davis lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Completed dresses made from pillowcases hang ready to be sent to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. Emma Meads and Jenna Arciero lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Emma Meads, left, chats with Jenna Arciero as they spend a Sunday afternoon sewing, ironing and creating dresses from donated pillow cases to send to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. The two 16-year-olds from Davis lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Jenna Arciero, at right, and Emma Meads are sewing, ironing and creating dresses from donated pillow cases to send to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. The two 16-year-olds from Davis lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Emma Meads pins a pattern and trims a pillow case while Jenna Arciero sew. They spend a Sunday afternoon sewing, ironing and creating dresses from donated pillow cases to send to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. The two 16-year-olds from Davis lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Emma Meads, at right, pins a pattern and trims a pillow case while Jenna Arciero sew. They spend a Sunday afternoon sewing, ironing and creating dresses from donated pillow cases to send to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. The two 16-year-olds from Davis lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Jenna Arciero, at right, and Emma Meads sewing, ironing and creating dresses from donated pillow cases to send to little girls in third world countries as part of the international "Dress a girl around the world" program. The two 16-year-olds from Davis lead the community project which is part of their 4H Club. -
Retired physician Mark Johnson shares a laugh with his students at St John's Shelter Program for Women and Children where he volunteers teaching art to the residents. From left, Xochitl Garcia, Johnson, Jasmine Blue, Melinda Woolman and Jatendra Myles. -
Courtney Critz,15, and her mother Tiffany Tollett catalog donated raffle prizes for the upcoming Toy Clean-Up Project Golf Tournament at Empire Golf Course in Folsom. Critz has been out soliciting companies for prizes for this year's golf tournament. She hopes to raise $25,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Children's Center in Roseville. Kaiser will not take cash donations, so Critz raises money to buy and donate stuffed animals, toys and video game systems for patients. She also buys gas cards for families driving long distances to the hospital. -
Courtney Critz,15, looks over the donated raffle prizes for the upcoming Toy Clean-Up Project Golf Tournament at Empire Golf Course in Folsom. Critz annually solicts local businesses and national companies for donations. The honor roll freshman at Folsom High School and the reigning Ms. Teen Nevada International has been out soliciting companies for prizes for this year's golf tournament. She hopes to raise $25,000. -
Courtney Critz,15, and her mother Tiffany Tollett catalog donated raffle prizes for the upcoming Toy Clean-Up Project Golf Tournament at Empire Golf Course in Folsom. Critz was 10-years-old when she rounded up her toys, gathered more used toys from her neighbors, sold them in a garage sale and raised a $100 which she sent to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Five years later Critz was in the Memphis hospital with $7,000 that she raised from three garages sales a golf tournament and raffle she organized that year. Critz also helps Kaiser's Women and Children's Hospital in Roseville. Kaiser will not take cash donations, so Critz raises money to buy and donate stuffed animals, toys and video game systems for patients. She also buys gas cards for families driving long distances to the hospital. -
Courtney Critz, 15, stuffs golfer's bags for the upcoming Toy Clean-Up Project Golf Tournament at Empire Golf Course in Folsom. Critz has been out soliciting companies for prizes for this year's golf tournament. She hopes to raise $25,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Kaiser's Women and Children's Center in Roseville. Kaiser will not take cash donations, so Critz raises money to buy and donate stuffed animals, toys and video game systems for patients. She also buys gas cards for families driving long distances to the hospital. -
Courtney Critz,15, organizes donated raffle prizes for the upcoming Toy Clean-Up Project Golf Tournament at Empire Golf Course in Folsom. The honor roll freshman at Folsom High School and the reigning Ms. Teen Nevada International has been out soliciting companies for prizes for this year's golf tournament. She hopes to raise $25,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Kaiser's Women and Children's Center in Roseville. Kaiser will not take cash donations, so Critz raises money to buy and donate stuffed animals, toys and video game systems for patients. She also buys gas cards for families driving long distances to the hospital. -
Courtney Critz,15, stuffs golfer's bags for the upcoming Toy Clean-Up Project Golf Tournament at Empire Golf Course in Folsom. Critz has been out soliciting companies for prizes for this year's golf tournament. She hopes to raise $25,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Kaiser's Women and Children's Center in Roseville. Kaiser will not take cash donations, so Critz raises money to buy and donate stuffed animals, toys and video game systems for patients. She also buys gas cards for families driving long distances to the hospital. -
Keith Davila helps high school junior Dominic Nunez with his baseball skills at his Land Park home garage. A prep and college baseball standout who was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1981 amateur draft Davila turned his garage into a batting cage and and a place where neighborhood little leaguers, girls softball players and high school stars heading to college improve their baseball and softball skills. Nunez has verbally agreed to go to UCLA on a baseball scholarship. The 51-year Davila doesn't charge for his one-on-one tutoring but has a few ground rules for parents. "As long as your kid wants to come, does their homework and they are not struggling with their grades they could keep coming here," he said. -
Keith Davila pitches waffle balls to high school junior Dominic Nunez in his Land Park home garage that he converted to a batting cage. .A prep and college baseball standout who was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1981 amateur draft Davila helps neighborhood little leaguers, girls softball players and high school stars heading to college improve their baseball and softball skills. -
Keith Davila adjust a net in his Land Park home garage that he converted to a batting cage and and a place where neighborhood little leaguers, girls softball players and high school stars heading to college improve their baseball and softball skills. A prep and college baseball standout who was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1981 amateur draft Davila doesn't charge for his one-on-one tutoring but has a few ground rules for parents. "As long as your kid wants to come, does their homework and they are not struggling with their grades they could keep coming here," he said. -
Keith Davila pitches waffle balls to high school junior Dominic Nunez in his Land Park home garage that he converted to a batting cage. .A prep and college baseball standout who was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1981 amateur draft Davila helps neighborhood little leaguers, girls softball players and high school stars heading to college improve their baseball and softball skills. Nunez has verbally agreed to go to UCLA on a baseball scholarship. -
Keith Davila helps high school junior Dominic Nunez with his baseball skills at his Land Park home garage. A prep and college baseball standout who was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1981 amateur draft Davila turned his garage into a batting cage and and a place where neighborhood little leaguers, girls softball players and high school stars heading to college improve their baseball and softball skills. -
Sacramento veterinarian Tom Kendall checks on Pooty Booty as owner Tiki Randle looks on during the monthly free veterinarian clinic for pets of the homeless at Loaves & Fishes. Kendall, 66, has spent the last 18 years volunteering his time with the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless. Mercer is a program operated by student volunteers of the UC Davis Vet Med Teaching Hospital. -
Sacramento veterinarian Tom Kendall treats Bud with the help of UC Davis veterinary students at Loaves & Fishes. For the last 18 years Kendall has donated his time with the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless a non-profit organization providing free medical care for the animal companions of the homeless. The clinic, operated by student volunteers of the UC Davis Vet Med Teaching Hospital, opens a makeshift veterinary hospital the second Saturday of every month at Loaves and Fishes. -
Sacramento veterinarian Tom Kendall consults with Jessica Hopkins and her Buster Brown a chocolate labrador mix at Loaves & Fishes. For the last 18 years Kendall has donated his time with the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless a non-profit organization providing free medical care for the animal companions of the homeless. The program is operated by student volunteers of the UC Davis Vet Med Teaching Hospital. -
Sacramento veterinarian Tom Kendall examines Savanna while owner Melinda Spence looks on with her other dog Franky at Loaves & Fishes. Spence bring her "kids" every month to the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless a non-profit organization providing free medical care for the animal companions of the homeless. The program is operated by student volunteers of the UC Davis Vet Med Teaching Hospital. -
Sacramento veterinarian Tom Kendall treats Diamond with the help of UC Davis veterinary students at Loaves & Fishes. For the last 18 years Kendall has donated his time with the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless a non-profit organization providing free medical care for the animal companions of the homeless. The program is operated by student volunteers of the UC Davis Vet Med Teaching Hospital. -
Volunteer Bryan Baldoza delicately places colored tape on the fingerboard of child-size donated violins for students at Sacramento Suzuki Violin Studio, a non-profit music institute. Baldoza spends 6-8 hours a week at the music institute cleaning and polishing donated violins, creating a sponsor database and producing a multimedia grant application. ÒWhen I did foster care and work in a psychiatric hospital I was passionate working with children. So this worked out perfect, because it had music and children,Ó he said. -
Volunteer Bryan Baldoza preps donated violins for students at Sacramento Suzuki Violin Studio, a non-profit music institute. -
Volunteer Bryan Baldoza preps donated violins for students at the Sacramento Suzuki Violin Studio, a non-profit music institute. -
Volunteer Bryan Baldoza carries donated violins in their cases to a storage room where they will be used by students at the Sacramento Suzuki Violin Studio, a non-profit music institute. After four hours of taping and organizing nearly fifty violins Baldoza reflects. ÒNext time I see the children opening the violin and seeing that I taped that. I know itÕs not a huge thing, but itÕs a small reward knowing I was part of the process of a child learning an invaluable lesson of music.Ó -
Volunteer Bryan Baldoza carries donated violins in their cases to a storage room where they will be used by students at the Sacramento Suzuki Violin Studio, a non-profit music institute. After four hours of taping and organizing nearly fifty violins Baldoza reflects. ÒNext time I see the children opening the violin and seeing that I taped that. I know itÕs not a huge thing, but itÕs a small reward knowing I was part of the process of a child learning an invaluable lesson of music.Ó -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer shows off Spar, an American kestrel to a group of nine-year-olds and their parents during a private presentation in Davis. Adams has been a CRC volunteer the last nine-years spending most of her time bring birds to off-site educational presentations. The California Raptor Center is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer carries a couple of raptors in their covered cages to a private presentation in Davis. Adams has been a CRC volunteer the last nine years spending most of her time bring birds to off-site educational presentations. The California Raptor Center is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer prepares Spar, an American kestrel for a private presentation in Davis. Adams has been a CRC volunteer the last nine-years spending most of her time bring birds to off-site educational presentations. The California Raptor Center is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer tries to catch Spar, an American kestrel for a private presentation in Davis. Adams has been a CRC volunteer the last nine-years spending most of her time bring birds to off-site educational presentations. The California Raptor Center is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer prepares Grasshopper, a Swainson's Hawk for a private presentation in Davis. Adams has been a CRC volunteer the last nine-years spending most of her time bring birds to off-site educational presentations. The California Raptor Center is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer takes Athena, a barn owl back to her cage at the center which is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Christine Adams, a California Raptor Center (CRC) volunteer takes Athena, a barn owl back to her cage at the center which is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. -
Greg Gibbs picking oranges with Village Harvest, a Davis nonprofit he and his wife Pam co-founded with Joe and Linda Schwartz. The organization harvests fruit trees in people's yards that would otherwise go to waste. They donate the fruit to agencies like the Yolo County Food Bank and other organizations that feed the hungry. -
Greg Gibbs picking oranges with Village Harvest, a Davis nonprofit he and his wife Pam co-founded with Joe and Linda Schwartz. The organization harvests fruit trees in people's yards that would otherwise go to waste. They donate the fruit to agencies like the Yolo County Food Bank and other organizations that feed the hungry. The couples met while working for the Obama presidential campaign in 2008. "When we finished the campaign, Barrack Obama sent out an email to the volunteers saying thank you for your help but don't go sit on the couch and do nothing. Go out and find something in the community to do," Gibbs recalled. "So, then Joe (Schwartz) called and said he and Linda learned of this organization in San Jose called Village Harvest and asked if we were interested in doing it." -
Greg Gibbs loads boxes of oranges, grapefruit and tangelos picked by volunteers with Village Harvest, a Davis nonprofit he and his wife Pam co-founded with Joe and Linda Schwartz. "There was a time when Pam and I and Joe and Linda were the only four who would go out and we were scrambling to get anybody who would donate their fruit," Gibbs said. "We'd go out on a moment's notice and pick it and donate it." That was 2 1/2 years ago. Now the group has a least two harvests a week and a long list of volunteers from retired seniors, UC Davis students and the Gibbs grandchildren. -
Greg Gibbs picking oranges with Village Harvest, a Davis nonprofit he and his wife Pam co-founded with Joe and Linda Schwartz. The organization harvests fruit trees in peopleÕs yards that would otherwise go to waste. They donate the fruit to agencies like the Yolo County Food Bank and other organizations that feed the hungry. -
Greg Gibbs picking oranges with Village Harvest, a Davis nonprofit he and his wife Pam co-founded with Joe and Linda Schwartz. The organization harvests fruit trees in peopleÕs yards that would otherwise go to waste. They donate the fruit to agencies like the Yolo County Food Bank and other organizations that feed the hungry. -
Greg Gibbs picking oranges with Village Harvest, a Davis nonprofit he and his wife Pam co-founded with Joe and Linda Schwartz. The organization harvests fruit trees in peopleÕs yards that would otherwise go to waste. They donate the fruit to agencies like the Yolo County Food Bank and other organizations that feed the hungry. -
Luda Ivanyuk gives Elisa Romandia a hand massage at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. Ivanyukis a social worker at the San Juan School District volunteers evenings after work giving hand massages to patients at Kaiser. "I think for myself I always love to make a difference in people's lives and that is probably why I am in the teaching and social work field. I enjoy working with the patients because I like to make a difference in people's lives," Ivanyuk said. -
Luda Ivanyuk massages Kathleen Stringer who just had surgery at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. Ivanyuka works for the San Juan School District social worker volunteers evenings after work giving hand massages to patients at Kaiser. I addition to her full time job at the school district Ivanyuk is also working on getting a master degree. "Sometimes after I get off work, I don't want to go. But I put on my uniform and once I go in there and start my first patient I am happy that I came," she said. "It always changes my mood." -
Luda Ivanyuk massages Kathleen Stringer who just had surgery at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. Ivanyuka works for the San Juan School District social worker volunteers evenings after work giving hand massages to patients at Kaiser. -
Seventy-year-old Jim Utz, a retired animal health technician has been spending his Mondays the last eight years at Grace House a respite for homeless like Robert Orozco who receives a free lunch. -
Seventy-year-old Jim Utz, passes out refreshment to Gina Carmichael, 52, of Davis at Grace House. Utz, a retired UC Davis animal health technician has been spending his Mondays the last eight years volunteering at Grace House. -
Seventy-year-old Jim Utz retired after nearly 40 years working at UC Davis and almost immediately started volunteering. Utz has been working every Monday feeding, helping and just listening to the homeless with Grace in Action at the Grace house in his town of Davis. -
Seventy-year-old Jim Utz, prays with Grace in Action founder Cindy Burger and fellow "ministers of hospitality" after a day of caring and helping the homeless at Grace House in Davis. -
Seventy-year-old Jim Utz retired after nearly 40 years working at UC Davis and almost immediately started volunteering. Utz has been working every Monday feeding, helping and just listening to the homeless with Grace in Action at the Grace house in his town of Davis. -
Boone Noynosoudachanh prepares chicken Caesar salad at the kitchen at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children in Sacramento where he was volunteering three days a week for the past two years. "St John's is a great place to volunteer, " says Noynosoudachanh. "They give a second chance to moms and their children and it feels good to be a part of that." -
Boone Noynosoudachanh prepares chicken Caesar salad at the kitchen at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children in Sacramento where he was volunteering three days a week for the past two years. -
Boone Noynosoudachanh, at center, with executive chef Jake Istre tasting potatoes at the kitchen at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children in Sacramento where he was volunteering three days a week for the past two years. -
Boone Noynosoudachanh prepares chicken Caesar salad at the bustling kitchen at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children in Sacramento. For the past two years Noynosoudachanh has helped out three days a week, cooking, serving, cleaning up. He said he enjoys the company of the chefs, the staff, fellow volunteers and the shelterÕs clients. ÒI come in here and do what I do and help out with what they need to try to feed a hundred people.Ó ÒIt makes me feel good that I am helping out and I see their smiling faces,Ó he said. Òit makes me feel better about myself.Ó -
Boone Noynosoudachanh serves chicken Caesar salad at the kitchen at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children in Sacramento where he was volunteering three days a week for the past two years. -
Boone Noynosoudachanh shares a moment with resident Charlotte "ChaCha" Lippolt at the kitchen at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children in Sacramento. Joining the lighter moment are sous chef Antoyne Caesar and volunteer Marion Isaac.
