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ConSERNS-U

CoNSERNS-U Non-Profit Organization This is where I volunteer every Monday from 9-2PM, my favorite day of the week. From the picture , you can see it doesn’t look like most food pantries.  Why? It is the design where the older … Continue reading

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Aerial View of Sikh Golden Temple , Amritsar, India

   The Golden Temple rivals the beauty of St. Peter’s in Rome, in my mind.  This video shows the whole complex tucked in the middle of the ancient city of Amritsar  in the Punjab.  As spectacular as the site is … Continue reading

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Gift for All Seasons , The Free Clinic of Capital City Rescue Mission

Free Medical Clinic for Albany’s Poorest Last year I visited the Free Clinic at the Capital District Rescue Mission. https://talesalongtheway.com/2013/07/25/giving-hope/ Things have changed dramatically in that there is a new, larger space for the clinic. There is now an actual … Continue reading

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A Peep Inside the Free Christmas Store

I spent 10 hours at the coNSERNS-U Christmas Store shopping with parents who were there for one purpose and one purpose only.  They wanted to find some gifts for each of their children to have on Christmas morning . A … Continue reading

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Seva Cafe. . . . Food, Love, and Service

Last night, I was talking with one of my Indian friends from Ahmedabad, Keyur  Panchal.  I was telling him about my day volunteering at ConSERNS-U Food Pantry.  He told me about this cafe. . . . Seva where he has … Continue reading

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Spectacular Video of Night Progressing to Dawn at the Golden Temple

  The Golden Temple….Part 2 The Langa Posted on March 26, 2013by annetbell Wandering through the narrow crowded streets to the Golden Temple, we were bombarded with requests to buy orange head scarves.Bare feet and covered heads are mandatory in the temple for … Continue reading

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Giving Hope

What would you do if you had no home, were sick, living in your car or on the street with no phone and very little money?  I am not talking about India today, but about America.  There are people who … Continue reading

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The Golden Temple….Part 2 The Langar

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Wandering through the narrow crowded streets to the Golden Temple, we were bombarded with requests to buy orange head scarves.Bare feet and covered heads are mandatory in the temple for both men and women. Our guide…

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