Contributor readers! Meet Christine Doeg. She has filled many roles in her time at The Contributor organization first as a Volunteer eventually moving into the role of Volunteer Coordinator.
However, with the addition of Chelsea as our new office manager (you’ll learn more about her in her very own Volunteer Spotlight), Christine has now transitioned and is focusing her attention on her latest role as a member of the Board of Directors.
She is a good friend of our Executive Director Cathy Jennings, and like Cathy, Christine is also a former teacher at Belmont University.
Christine first became acquainted with The Contributor when she lived in Brentwood, Tenn. Her husband worked downtown, and though they didn’t have a particular vendor, instead they’ve chosen to support multiple vendors as they traveled through Nashville.
She told me she’s always wanted to volunteer. So, when Cathy revived the newspaper version of The Contributor, after a brief seven month stint as a magazine failed, Christine came on board as well as a volunteer.
You can usually find her at the Downtown Presbyterian Church (and home of The Contributor) for the paper release. In addition, she fills in when needed if other volunteers are unable to cover their shifts.
She acknowledged that while we have a great group of diverse and interesting people who serve as our volunteers, (many of whom you’ve now read about in the pages of The Contributor) there is ALWAYS a room for more!
As a member of the Board of Directors she now serves as the Secretary. Her goals include customer education to inform both local residents and visiting groups about the purpose of the paper, which is, “to empower our homeless neighbors to help them achieve a legitimate income, dignity, housing, and community.”
Her ultimate goal is to keep the paper alive and to help it continue to thrive and to grow even after Tom and Cathy have retired.
She works hard to care for her family including her husband Bruce, and they recently welcomed their first grandchild, (a boy) who arrived in January!
Christine is a writer in her own right — though she doesn’t write for The Contributor, we may have to work to change that. In fact, she is currently working on getting her first book published.