by Doreen Thieme | Apr 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
I‘m sorry I just can’t. Not any more. I can’t keep trying. I can’t keep fighting. I don’t have the strength. I wish I was capable of more, but I just don’t have anything left to give. I wish I could be strong like you, but I’m...
by Doreen Thieme | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Salvation Army sits on the Committee for Migration, a committee aimed to encourage the protection and promotion of migrants’ human rights in accordance with the United Nations Charter. This goes along with our Salvation Army Mission Statement, which promotes the...
by Doreen Thieme | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
All lives matter, when black lives matter. When I sat down to write this, I thought to myself “I want to write about racism”. Instantly my next thought was “but I’m ‘white’, I can’t write about that”. And that is why I decided to write about it. Therein lies the...
by Doreen Thieme | Feb 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
The kids were so excited to start programs back up in September. On the first day of pick-ups, my husband and I both laughed when the adorable 7-year-old boy’s face appeared in the window. I hadn’t seen him all summer, and he was so excited to be back at the...
by Doreen Thieme | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Empathy has been on my mind the last few weeks. I have the opportunity to speak and train pretty often on different topics. One of them being how to holistically serve and understand vulnerable populations. I often start off with how empathy is an essential...
