How to Use Your Career Skills to Advance Charity Work and Make a Difference. As a Children’s Book Author and podcaster, people always amaze me. I mean this in the most positive manner I can speak of.
The great thing about being a children’s book author and podcaster is that I get to hang out with the most incredible people.
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing a fantastic woman, and her generosity is incredible.
How to Use Your Career Skills to Advance Charity Work and Make a Difference
I never saved my babysitting money or newspaper delivery earnings to fund my career dream. Like many friends, my earnings were spent on food, drink and automobiles, so?
My parents paid for my first year of university; again, my part-time earnings never went to build a career dream.
Investing in Yourself and Helping Others
In Adventures in the Heart of Children’s Book Authors podcast episode 15, I had the pleasure of interviewing someone who invested her babysitting money in herself. Furthermore, she took flying lessons and became a commercial pilot.
This story is remarkable, but it was only the beginning.
The Real TakeOff
The actual takeoff is after becoming a pilot. The story’s true blue colours lifted off in the direction of charity work while juggling her career.
As if charity work weren’t enough, my guest became a children’s book author and used part of the proceeds from her book sales to support her charity work further.
Today, Erin Mariah Murphy not only flies 767s for United Airlines. Furthermore, Erin transports dogs and cats for the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to locations where forever homes can be found.
Erin to the Rescue
Erin and her husband found themselves also fostering dogs as the SPCA looked for forever homes for these pets. Wouldn’t fate have it that Erin and her husband adopted a rescue dog named Zeke?
Zeke became the main character in Erin’s first children’s book, Halfway Home.
Listen to our podcast, episode 15, to hear more about Erin, Zeke, and their newest family member, Dexter.
How to Use Your Career Skills to Advance Charity Work and Make a Difference
I found myself thinking about what I could do to, in some small way, emulate what Erin was doing in her life.
Our potential to be more like Erin and the spirit and generosity of her children’s books is something I aspire to.
On our website, The Adventures of Kaboose the Rocky Mountain Bear, you will find the following words and vision: adventure-filled life lessons that kids will enjoy the fun-filled antics of outdoor recreational activities.
I checked with our city’s community organizer, and we will organize a city outdoor park clean-up this year.
Take a moment to consider how you are using your career skills and whether you can think of a way to make a difference.
