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When families come to Journey, they are trusting us to provide a safe and caring environment. With volunteers like Angela, we make this happen!
Angela started facilitating as a student working toward her Masters in Counseling. Seven years later, she is still volunteering for Journey. Angela is passionate about how important Journey’s services are to the community and we look forward to her continued volunteering.
When the pandemic swept the nation, Journey started providing virtual support groups. This virtual program allowed us to continue providing grief support to our current families and reach families beyond the North DFW area. Angela gladly took on the role of a virtual group facilitator saying “I love the idea that we can still provide a great service in the midst of a pandemic.”
Angela knows it can be especially challenging for children to openly express their feelings, so she is always touched when they cry. “Their tears are a gift to us as facilitators because it says that people trust the process and the environment enough to be vulnerable.”
What is it that has kept Angela a Journey volunteer this long? Aside from her passion to help others, she enjoys seeing “people progressing enough to start thinking about rebuilding their lives.”
Angela’s time with us has allowed her to see children in our program grow, change, achieve milestones, and begin exploring plans for their future.
Angela has grown and changed herself by retiring from IBM and becoming a full-time Licensed Professional Counselor. In thinking about Journey’s future, she says “I hope that when the pandemic is over, we can serve even more people. The need is out there, and Journey of Hope is ready and willing to take on the challenge.”
Thank you for volunteering with us, Angela. We appreciate your compassion and dedication to the families we serve.
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