Wednesday, April 14, 2010

HA: "[Giving is] a way of life"

This selection is from a piece by Suzanne Roig in the Honolulu Advertiser, "Community service is 'a way of life' for Janis Loo". Because of the brevity of each paragraph, I'm including the first 7:

"Giving is not just something that Janis Loo talks about — it's a way of life. * A lifetime of giving was capped in 2002 when Loo, inspired by another woman, decided to give a kidney to the next matching person on the donor list. * That's in addition to Loo's volunteer work at the Hawaiian Humane Society and other charity groups. * Loo's inspiring story of service also extends to her husband and five children. * When her family goes on vacation, they travel to far-flung places like Africa and South America to help build orphanages and water purification systems. * When a neighbor is sick, Loo is at their door with a plate of food. * Despite already having three children, Loo and her husband adopted two 12-year-old girls from China because she had heard that was the cut-off age at Chinese orphanages."

Follow the link below for the full piece:

Community service is 'a way of life' for Janis Loo

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