‘Joyful Welcome’ started after the founder saw a father leaving the hospital with his new baby wrapped in his coat. She decided to start making welcome kits with essential baby items for newborns and their families and distributing them to her local hospital.
My guest, Brenda Sanford, is now the chair of ‘Joyful Welcome’. She learned about what they do at a local church meeting, and felt inspired to start volunteering. It was a short time later when the founder thought she might have to shut down her nonprofit, and Brenda courageously stepped into the role of leading ‘Joyful Welcome’ and keeping it going.
One of the theme’s of this episode is finding joy in quiet service, and that is most definitely what Brenda and her fellow volunteers do. They’re a small but mighty group of beautiful grandma’s who meet weekly to assemble these gifts that they now distribute to 14 different hospitals. I also loved learning from Brenda many different ideas for how smaller groups and nonprofits like hers can raise money or get donations for their cause.
Listen to be inspired and truly see that even a small group of people can help others in beautiful ways.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Joyful Welcome Amazon Registry for Donations
Joyful Welcome Target Registry for Donations
Smith's Inspiring Donations Program
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