Volunteer Time is Family Time for a Mother and Son

Volunteer time is family time for Denise Green and her son, Dwayne, who join the IBX Blue Crew at MANNA to prepare meals for people struggling with illness.
Serving the community is a family affair for Denise Green (far left) and her son, Dwayne (standing behind her), who volunteer with the Blue Crew at MANNA. It isn’t easy to get quality time with your family — just ask any busy parent. But Blue Crew volunteer Denise Green has a solution....
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Volunteering Together for Our Community and Our Team

A team of Independence employees spent a day volunteering together and realized they not only helped their community but also strengthened their team.
It wasn’t until recently that I discovered how much I love to volunteer. My wife, two kids, and I have enjoyed finding different ways to help organizations within our community. I’ve done a little bit of everything, from running activities for children at after-school events to volunteering at food banks. And I love to urge friends and family to participate in something — regardless of how big or small — that can help make a difference....
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If You Want to Feel Good, Do Good

A team of Independence employees spent a day volunteering together and realized they not only helped their community but also strengthened their team.
The Blue Crew volunteers for service projects across the Greater Philadelphia Region. There aren’t many scenarios where everyone wins. That’s why volunteering is so special. When you volunteer, it’s a win-win situation. Your community benefits from your time, work, and skills. And you benefit, too. Making time to do good for others can have a significant impact on your well-being....
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Supporting Women in Need: Food and Warmth in Safe Haven Housing

Project Home’s Women of Change: Providing Safe Haven Housing for Women in Need
IBX Associate and Blue Crew Volunteer, Annamarie Burke, serving up dinner at Project Home Women of Change, a shelter that provides safe haven housing for women in need.  Close your eyes for a second and try to remember the biting cold we experienced early this winter. Now, imagine coming in from the freezing temperatures and being greeted by a smiling face ready to serve you a hot bowl of soup and a golden grilled cheese sandwich. ...
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How Do You Make Your Heart Happy?

Lorina Marshall-Blake and the IBX Foundation team wearing red in support of American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Like many people, some days I’m so busy, it seems I barely have time to breathe. But every day, I take 15 minutes just for myself to walk one mile on the treadmill....
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Blue Crew Volunteer Leaders: Helen Furlow

Helen Furlow Blue Crew
Helen Furlow (sitting, second from left) and a team of Blue Crew volunteers participate in the Philly Reads Book Repository Clean-up during the 2017 Martin Luther King Day of Service. Helen Furlow, Senior Administrative Assistant Years on the Blue Crew Advisory Board: 2 Sometimes it’s the simplest things that take our lives in new directions — things like a handful of unsharpened pencils....
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Blue Crew Volunteer Leaders: Tajuana Brooks-Lane

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Tajuana Brooks-Lane (right) with fellow Blue Crew volunteer Amanda Blumenthal. Have you ever thought about volunteering, but something — shyness, lack of time, not knowing where to start — held you back? Read on for inspiration from Blue Crew Advisory Board member Tajuana Brooks-Lane, whose passion for volunteering will help you get in the game of giving back....
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Serving with Love at the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey

Koreana
As busy as you are, you’re probably not going to cook for 40 people when you get home tonight. But that’s what Koreana Iman-Sample, product manager for AmeriHealth New Jersey, does every month, after commuting an hour and 15 minutes from her office in Cranbury to her home in South Jersey. “It’s kind of hard to juggle between hectic work schedules and projects,” she tells us,...
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Blue Crew Volunteer Leaders: Dannielle Frierson

Dannielle Frierson
Dannielle Frierson (2nd from right) is pictured with her IBX colleagues at the Alzheimer’s Walk. For Dannielle Frierson, a Blue Crew volunteer for more than 15 years, volunteering is all about the personal connection, “Life touches us in so many ways and gives us the opportunity to get involved and give to a cause that is close and personal.” For Dannielle,...
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