GOD through His Word, the I-Heart film, and my own personal desire to help people anywhere in whatever way I can.

For my birthday this past December, I decided to bring my friends with me to volunteer and serve at our local soup kitchen instead of having a typical birthday party. It was a humbling experience, but it was SO fulfilling! I find myself continuing to volunteer there more and more!

I checked the website for our local soup kitchen called "The Knight's Table" and called them up. They booked us in to come and help for the day, and that's exactly what we did. We helped cook and prepare the meals, served the food, and washed/dried the dishes. It was a lot of work, but it was so worth it! Definitely a birthday that I'll never forget!

NOW!

This is awesome Stephanie! I'm sure you will inspire lots of people!
Karla.

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I'm sure you had the best gift you ever won...God keep blessing you and using ur life and ideas to inspire more ppl to do the same thing..

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This is awesome!! Thanks for sharing, so doing this.

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that's a great idea...a great way to get your friends there with you...what better way to celebrate the day of your birth to help make someone else's life worth living. thats awesome thanks for that

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That's such an amazing idea... my birthday's in December too and I know I'll think about doing this instead of asking for a party!

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