[Community-Service] I LOVE Community Service

[Kanya Harrison]

Come on Mrs.Carol with that milk chocolate 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 skin you were born
into service looking forward to serving alongside you.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 1:21 PM cmkries--- via Community-Service <
community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone!  My name is Carol King-Ries, and I LOVE community
> service.  I grew up in the projects of Chicago, huge federally funded
> buildings that have now been torn down because they were no longer “good
> for the community”.  However, for me, this is where my love of serving the
> community began.  There was no one on the eleventh floor of 2822 South
> Calumet that went hungry, did not have carfare, or their medications.  Our
> parents made sure that everyone had what they needed, and this took place
> all over the building.  Our parents sold dinners and held parties to rent
> buses to take us on trips and run the baseball and softball teams.  This
> planted the seed of serving others with love so deeply in me, that all it
> needed was water to grow and blossom.  I found that water when I became a
> Christian.  Being a Christian instilled in me a greater love, and a
> fearlessness concerning serving people. When I began to lose my sight, I
> thought that my ability to serve others was gone.  But I was reminded
> through God’s word that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
> me (Phil. 4:13), and in my heart I knew that God would not let me use this
> challenge as an excuse to sit down.  So, I got up and ran on.  I have
> served as a Children’s Church teacher, and Youth ministry leader at my
> church.  I have been a volunteer math and reading tutor for many
> organizations.  I have been a leader in a mentoring program for a
> challenged High School in Delaware and have mentored High School and
> College students. I also volunteer extensively with the NFB of Delaware and
> Toastmasters International.  Like I said, I LOVE community service.  When
> leadership is needed in a community project I step up (L); I serve whoever
> needs service with an open heart and mind (O);  I volunteer with no
> expectations of what I will get (V); and I do it with enthusiasm (E).  I
> have also been married for 32 years to my love, my best friend and my
> partner in service, Bryant Ries; and we have two adult children who we hope
> will continue our legacy of serving others with love.
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> The picture of me below shows that I have milk chocolate brown skin,
> naturally curly hair, looking over my right shoulder at you with a big
> smile and dimple, challenging you to “come on!”
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