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Connections

Carol — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:59:02 +0000

It’s been a busy summer. Most of my writing has been used at my Laurel Community Volunteer Examiner web page for Examiner.com. Since mid-June, I’ve been on the road every week, as I visit health care providers in Howard County, Maryland, and leave them with copies of the brand new resource brochure I helped create [...]

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A gift from the heart

Carol — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:15:13 +0000

Awhile back I mentioned at this blog that I discovered that I could donate blood and planned to at an upcoming blood drive that my friends were coordinating for October. Last Sunday, I discovered that my church was having a blood drive on May 27. On my way out, I signed up. When I arrived [...]

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Reflections

Carol — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:05:08 +0000

Awhile back I heard about an upcoming installment to the “Repossessing Virtue” radio project on public radio. Krista Tippett, the host of “Speaking of Faith,” asked listeners to visit the “Repossessing Virtue” web site and write their story about how they were dealing with the current economic recession. The future radio program would include audio [...]

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Time passages

Carol — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:19:03 +0000

This has been a sad and reflective week. Yesterday, we returned from Richmond, VA. My husband’s uncle passed away and we drove down to attend his funeral and spend some time with the family. It’s comforting that, as strong as uncle Mo’s personality was all his life, it still flows around me now. I agree [...]

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It’s been a week

Carol — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:42:08 +0000

Not much time to catch my breath and post this week. Last Sunday, we got a call from family and immediately began making plans to drive south Monday afternoon. Mike had to work and I had a meeting in the NAMI Howard County offices at 12:30 p.m. The half-hour meeting gave me the opportunity to [...]

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Life blood

Carol — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:09:06 +0000

I volunteered at a local blood drive today. Friends of mine coordinate 3 or 4 drives each year through their church. They are usually quite successful in rallying blood donors. For the past couple years, I’ve helped out at either the registration table or in the canteen. I particularly enjoy working the canteen because I [...]

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A new assignment

Carol — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:54:36 +0000

Today I received a call from the NAMI Howard County office. NAMI [National Alliance on Mental Illness] is a national organization that does a wonderful job of educating and supporting people effected by mental illness, their friends and families and the public, in general. Their trained facilitators run support groups for both the person effected [...]

Carol is on Facebook and Twitter

Carol — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:55:31 +0000

For additional company and personal posts and links to information, please visit Carol Plotnick at Facebook and Twitter.

CASA-Making a difference

Carol — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:23:41 +0000

In researching articles for my Laurel Community Volunteer Examiner column, I came across a piece written by Michael Piraino, CEO of the National CASA [Court Appointed Special Advocates] that I want to share with you. CASA volunteers are the connection between abused and neglected children and the court system. With hard economic times effecting so [...]

Road to …

Carol — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:23:20 +0000

There’s a growing need for volunteer drivers for the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program. I’ve been a Road to Recovery volunteer for almost a year. For more information about this program and a snapshot of my own personal experience as a R2R driver read “Road to…” Click to locate your local American Cancer [...]