by Oxford Silo | Mar 6, 2019 | Volunteer
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...
by Oxford Silo | May 23, 2018 | Inspiration, Volunteer
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...
by Oxford Silo | Apr 19, 2017 | Inspiration, Volunteer
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....
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Inspiration, Volunteer
Last February I was making a deposit at the bank and saw a long haired lady in front of me with a little girl about the same age as our Daisy. I struck up a conversation and immediately found the missing piece to my life’s puzzle! I grew up in a service...
by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Inspiration, Volunteer
I helped start SILO seven years ago because I have a deep interest in helping people. What I didn’t realize was how much it would help me! The saying “by watering others, you water yourself” became very real to me. So real, that if I don’t serve, I felt...
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