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Volunteering is good for the soul

Volunteering is good for the soul The Montgomery Advertiser 8 hrs ago Adeyela Albury Bennett © Contributed Adeyela Albury Bennett is the chief executive officer of Women in Training, Inc. April is Global Volunteer Appreciation Month. During my childhood in the Bahamas, no one really talked about volunteering. Everyone simply helped out whenever and wherever she or he could. My mother worked almost round the clock as the first woman photographer for both daily newspapers, the Nassau Guardian and the Daily Tribune. My three older sisters Odette, Minerva and Omath and I, walked a few miles from school to Auntie Mae’s house every weekday. From as far as a few blocks away, I could smell the sweet aroma of whole wheat bread baking in the oven. Every school day, Auntie Mae baked a fresh loaf of bread for “Esther’s girls.” Everyone talked about how skinny we were, and tried to fatten us up. We ate chunks of homemade bread with either butter, peanut bu

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