“The Power of Giving: Stories of Volunteerism” – Story #2

Amber Dubé is a 39 year-old woman who volunteers once a week with her teen-age children and husband providing childcare and serving as companions to children at My Sister’s Place, a women’s shelter in Hartford. Amber was born in South Korea, the daughter of a Korean woman and an African American GI stationed there. Abandoned by her father at an early age, Amber lived a life of extreme poverty before being adopted by an American family. She now has a successful career in sales with Addidas and is passionate about volunteering for those who need help turning their lives around. “I don’t believe in being a victim,” she emphatically states, but states that those in need “deserve unconditional support to get their lives back on track.”

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