We Are the Hands of Jesus
Paul Schwind volunteers at Our Daily Bread. "We are the hands of Jesus Christ in this world," according to Paul Schwind. Paul spends most of his days volunteering at Catholic Charities' Our Daily Bread and other nonprofit organizations. He found this passion later in life, after his children were raised and he came back to [...]
Using a CGA to Help Women In Need
Mary will never forget the day she faced raising two young children on her own, with no place to live, no job, and little support from her family or church. After years of threatening, her abusive husband had finally abandoned her. Barely able to see the road through her tears, she returned to Maryland. Eventually, [...]
Portuguese Water Dogs Teach Love and Bring Hope
Julie Thompson used to be a physical therapist. Then, she became an inspiration. It's all because of her dogs, her disease, and God, she says. Julie's extraordinary story began when she developed primary lateral sclerosis, a neurological disease that forced her to stop working. Then, one day she saw a picture of a volunteer using [...]
John Supports Our Daily Bread and Himself with Charitable Gift Annuities
They say that good things come to those who wait. John Gardner knows this from experience. He waited longer than most to marry, and he is patient and deliberate in his financial giving. John often tells the story of how he met his wife Jane -- and how she was worth waiting for. He believed in [...]
Helping Herself While Helping Others
Mrs. Drinks has always been a woman of deep faith. She believes that Jesus taught us to love our neighbors and to use well the gifts and blessings that He has given us. A few years ago, she discovered that charitable gift annuities are a wonderful way to give and to receive at the same [...]
Giving Her All – Now and in the Future
Florence Dogan's father instilled in her at an early age an understanding of the importance of helping others. A Baltimore resident since childhood, she didn't allow her job with the Social Security Administration to prevent her from volunteering many hours. She became involved with the Ladies of Charity at the Archdiocese of Baltimore. From making [...]
Giving Another Chance
You might say, Mike Zimmer, fondly known as "Uncle Mike" to his family and friends, was an expert in second chances. More than 50 years ago, on a mountain in Italy, a German bomb exploded over his head, killing the soldiers on both sides of him. But he survived and even hitch a ride to Rome [...]
All Aboard
Andrew Dickard stands next to a train on one of his trips. It is said that life is a journey. If so, then Andrew Dickard was a true conductor. After retiring from Martin Marietta in Florida, Mr. Dickard returned to Maryland, where his passion to serve his church led him to become a Eucharistic minister, [...]
A Good Habit That Won’t End
Good habits can be hard to break, too. More than a quarter-century ago, Liz Turnbaugh decided to volunteer for Our Daily Bread—and she's still helping out there today. "If you go down to ODB, you get hooked on it," she says joyfully. Now in her 80s, Liz was a child of the Great Depression and [...]
Seniors at St. Luke’s Place Are Ready to Roll
At a recent visit to St. Luke’s Place, a Catholic Charities Senior Housing community in Edgemere, we encountered Gary Quatman in the lobby. The charming and energetic Mr. Quatman, who has lived at St. Luke’s for 14 months, was assembling a group of residents to take them on a field trip to Perryville for the day. [...]