234: You Are a Partner in Your Community — Kevin Adler and Nancy Erhard with Miracle Messages

What does it take to build a neighborhood into a community?

Kevin Alder is the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, an award-winning non-profit organization that reunites the homeless with their loved ones through short video and audio messages, social media, and local volunteers. Nancy Erhard also joins us on the show to share her experience as a volunteer for Miracle Messages and the impact the organization has had on her.  Find out more about Miracle Messages, its mission, and what it means to truly build a community.

Key Takeaways:

[3:30] Who is Kevin and why did he create Miracle Messages?

[8:35] Who is Nancy and why did she join Miracle Messages?

[13:25] How do Kevin, Nancy, and their team find families of the people who have become homeless?

[15:25] Nancy found her birth father when he was 73 years old.

[20:15] What does it look like to build a ‘social home’? What does it look like to build a neighborhood?

[26:05] When you serve the poor, you learn about yourself.

[28:05] Rob shares his personal experience of what it’s like to volunteer for Miracle Messages.

[32:15] What’s like it for Kevin to have such passionate and dedicated volunteers?

[40:25] How can people get involved with Miracle Messages?

[48:05] Kevin shares a personal message to the volunteer team.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Giving Back Podcast

Miracle Messages

Miracle Messages on Facebook

#StreetWalks (by Miracle Messages) Facebook Group