I was so fortunate to have wonderful role models who taught me about serving others. As a young child, I witnessed my Grandfather picking men off of the streets in the city of Wilmington and taking them to the Sunday Breakfast Mission. He would pay for them to get a meal, a bath, new clothes…
SILO is an organization that gave me the opportunity to give back to the community in many ways. SILO was first introduced to me when Ed Herr gave a speech at my college. He implored us to “love others in all we do.” Years later I was invited to the annual Snow Ball, which brought…
My name is Amber and my sidekick in crime is Joxer, the dog. When I started volunteering with SILO almost six years ago, I thought “Maybe I’ll just do this for fun”. I really wasn’t expecting to get much out of “just another volunteer opportunity”. After my first work day with SILO, where I picked…
My SILO story started out as me doing a friend a favor and giving her a ride to a free meal. I didn’t know then how free Pizza would change my life. As I stated my first interaction with SILO, was me offering a ride to a patient/friend to which I provided home care. She…