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I Care: A voice for kids at the Courage House

Sixteen-year-old Jordyn Jones barely breaks a sweat as she works in the garden with residents of Courage House, a home for young victims of sex trafficking supported by the Christian-based nonprofit Courage Worldwide. The girls joke around and Jordyn fits right in, but her life couldn't be more separate. Many of the girls living there are runaways from abusive families. Jones comes from a loving family with deep Christian roots. She and her family have been volunteering at Courage Hous

I Care: Providing spiritual care

The fragrance of fresh flowers fills the air in the meditation center as nurses arrive to have their hands blessed by Rev. Arthur Lillicropp, an Episcopal priest. As manager of Spiritual Care Services at Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento, he comforts the sick and dying, counsels grieving families, and reassures staff. Lillicropp has also been on the other side of the hospital bed. In 1990, he had corneal transplant surgery after living in blindness for seven years. He said he lost h

I Care: A passion for service

It's 7:00 am and a laughing group of fifth and sixth graders is boisterously learning how to fly handmade helicopters. Retired Navy helicopter pilot Lou Fifer is at the helm, teaching the children properties of flight in a before-school Aerospace Connections in Education class funded by the Civil Air Patrol. Fifer, who dedicates himself to service in many areas, leads an extensive program of 100 volunteer tutors at Thomas Edison Language Institute, a Title 1 school. Each day he gives hi

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